Published by Curbstone Press and edited and translated by Alegría and her husband, Darwin J. Flakoll, On the Front Line: Guerilla Poems of El Salvador (1996) is an anthology of poetry written by El Salvadorian revolutionaries.

Sorrow (1999) is a collection of poetry that Alegría wrote after the death of her husband.

In Alegría's collection Casting Off (2003), many of the poems deal with death and with the poet's thoughts about approaching the end of her life.

The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets (1995) contains the transcripts of more than 30 interviews that Bill Moyers conducted with contemporary poets. This book is a companion to Moyer's public television series The Language of Life.

Nicaragua: The Sandinista Revolution; A Political Chronicle 1855—1979 (1982) is a nonfiction account of the revolution, written by Alegría and her husband, Flakoll...