Yaddyra Peralta

Yaddyra Peralta is a poet and writer whose work has appeared in SWWIM, Miami Rail, Ploughshares, Tigertail, Abe’s Penny, Hinchas de Poesia, the Eight Miami Poets anthology (Jai Alai Books), Ghazals for James Foley (Hinchas Press) and The Miami Herald. She has taught writing at Miami Dade College, Homestead Correctional Institution, and for O,Miami’s Sunroom project. Yaddyra holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Florida International University. A former Assistant Director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival from 2015-2018, Yaddyra is now a book editor living in Miami, Florida.