fat magic by Alessandra Nysether-Santos

Limited edition print copy from the 2025 Garden Party Chapbook Contest!

Alessandra Nysether-Santos (they/she) is a Brazilian American and Jersey Italian writer, artist, and educator living in Florida with her husband, dog, and two cats. Alessandra was a semi-finalist in the 2025 Lefty Blondie Press: Broadside Series and earned an honorable mention in the 2024 Jaki Shelton Green Poetry Performance Prize. They have poems published in places like North Carolina Literary Review, Jersey Devil Press, and Até Mais: An Anthology of Latinx Futurisms. When they aren’t wandering in the woods and writing down their dreams, Alessandra is facilitating community offerings like creative workshops, faith formation sessions at their local Unitarian Universalist church, and moon circles. She is on Instagram @hashtagalessandra