Paperback – 96 pages

This collection marks the long overdue introduction of a major Latin American poet to English-language readers

Acclaimed Argentinian poet Roberta Iannamicos Many Poems animates the particulars of an imaginary world that lives deeply inside our real one, tapping into poetrys distinctive ability to magically transform daily scenes into purely ecstatic visions. A lonely winter day, the methods of lighting a cigarette, a gentle rain, a naked woman asleep in a fieldwhether the world of Iannamico’s poems is wide awake or asleep (or sometimes both), she softly imbues a dreamlike quality into every line. Masterfully translated by Alexis Almeida,Many Poemsis Iannamico’s first full-length book to be published in English.
Roberta Iannamicolives in Villa Ventana, Argentina. She has published several books of poetry, includingEl zorro gris,El zorro blanco,Mamuskhas,El collar de fideos,Tendaland several books for children. Her poems have been translated into English and Portuguese.
Alexis Almeidais the author of the chapbooksThings I Have Made a Fiction(2024, winner of the Oversound chapbook contest) andI Have Never Been Able to Sing(Ugly Ducking Presse 2018). Her first full-length book,Caetano, is forthcoming in 2025 with The Elephants. She teaches at the Bard Microcollege at the Brooklyn Public Library and edits 18 Owls Press.