Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy
by Diana Garza Islas
translated by Ian U Lockaby
NOTE: Preorders will ship in early June. A small limited edition of advance copies will be available at the New Orleans Poetry Festival.
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Sinónimos probables de la palabra sololoy /
Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy
Poetry/Hybrid, 56 pages
Publication Date: April 12, 2025
Book Size: 5 × 7
Format: Handbound, bilingual chapbook
“With great unguent, with great wings
with great hunks of wood
with great sponge ovals
with great little boxes of autonomous mechanisms
we have reconstructed the national eagle.”
This book is based on the assemblages of Carlos Ballester Franzoni, which are in turn referenced in the tradition of the talking boxes of Soyaló, Chiapas: mediators of voices, healers, and guides of rebellion.
Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy is excerpted from a book called Catálogo razonado de alambremaderitas para hembra con monóculo y posible calavera which was published in México by Conarte in 2017 and which won the Carmen Alardín National Poetry Prize in 2016.
Diana Garza Islas is a textual and interdisciplinary artist born in 1985. She has published six books of poetry. Her recent publications include: El sol es verde si lo miras (UANL, 2024) and Black Box Named Like to Me (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2024). She has published her work in magazines and anthologies in México, the US, Brasil, Argentina, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, República Dominicana, Cuba, Germany, Spain and Australia. She is a member of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico.
Ian U Lockaby is a poet, translator, and editor of the online journal mercury firs. He's the author of Defensible Space/if a crow— (Omnidawn Publishing) and A Seam of Electricity (Ghost Proposal). He lives in New Orleans.
Sections from this translation first appeared in ANMLY, Black Warrior Review, Circumference, and Denver Quarterly.
This edition was printed in New Orleans in 2025. The cover images were letterpressed on Colorplan paper at Baskerville Studios.
by Diana Garza Islas
translated by Ian U Lockaby
NOTE: Preorders will ship in early June. A small limited edition of advance copies will be available at the New Orleans Poetry Festival.
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Sinónimos probables de la palabra sololoy /
Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy
Poetry/Hybrid, 56 pages
Publication Date: April 12, 2025
Book Size: 5 × 7
Format: Handbound, bilingual chapbook
“With great unguent, with great wings
with great hunks of wood
with great sponge ovals
with great little boxes of autonomous mechanisms
we have reconstructed the national eagle.”
This book is based on the assemblages of Carlos Ballester Franzoni, which are in turn referenced in the tradition of the talking boxes of Soyaló, Chiapas: mediators of voices, healers, and guides of rebellion.
Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy is excerpted from a book called Catálogo razonado de alambremaderitas para hembra con monóculo y posible calavera which was published in México by Conarte in 2017 and which won the Carmen Alardín National Poetry Prize in 2016.
Diana Garza Islas is a textual and interdisciplinary artist born in 1985. She has published six books of poetry. Her recent publications include: El sol es verde si lo miras (UANL, 2024) and Black Box Named Like to Me (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2024). She has published her work in magazines and anthologies in México, the US, Brasil, Argentina, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, República Dominicana, Cuba, Germany, Spain and Australia. She is a member of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico.
Ian U Lockaby is a poet, translator, and editor of the online journal mercury firs. He's the author of Defensible Space/if a crow— (Omnidawn Publishing) and A Seam of Electricity (Ghost Proposal). He lives in New Orleans.
Sections from this translation first appeared in ANMLY, Black Warrior Review, Circumference, and Denver Quarterly.
This edition was printed in New Orleans in 2025. The cover images were letterpressed on Colorplan paper at Baskerville Studios.
by Diana Garza Islas
translated by Ian U Lockaby
NOTE: Preorders will ship in early June. A small limited edition of advance copies will be available at the New Orleans Poetry Festival.
-
Sinónimos probables de la palabra sololoy /
Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy
Poetry/Hybrid, 56 pages
Publication Date: April 12, 2025
Book Size: 5 × 7
Format: Handbound, bilingual chapbook
“With great unguent, with great wings
with great hunks of wood
with great sponge ovals
with great little boxes of autonomous mechanisms
we have reconstructed the national eagle.”
This book is based on the assemblages of Carlos Ballester Franzoni, which are in turn referenced in the tradition of the talking boxes of Soyaló, Chiapas: mediators of voices, healers, and guides of rebellion.
Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy is excerpted from a book called Catálogo razonado de alambremaderitas para hembra con monóculo y posible calavera which was published in México by Conarte in 2017 and which won the Carmen Alardín National Poetry Prize in 2016.
Diana Garza Islas is a textual and interdisciplinary artist born in 1985. She has published six books of poetry. Her recent publications include: El sol es verde si lo miras (UANL, 2024) and Black Box Named Like to Me (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2024). She has published her work in magazines and anthologies in México, the US, Brasil, Argentina, Perú, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, República Dominicana, Cuba, Germany, Spain and Australia. She is a member of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico.
Ian U Lockaby is a poet, translator, and editor of the online journal mercury firs. He's the author of Defensible Space/if a crow— (Omnidawn Publishing) and A Seam of Electricity (Ghost Proposal). He lives in New Orleans.
Sections from this translation first appeared in ANMLY, Black Warrior Review, Circumference, and Denver Quarterly.
This edition was printed in New Orleans in 2025. The cover images were letterpressed on Colorplan paper at Baskerville Studios.