Many Poems

<p><strong>This collection marks the long overdue introduction of a major Latin American poet to English-language readers</strong></p><p>Acclaimed Argentinian poet Roberta Iannamico’s <Iach>Many Poems</I> animates the particulars of an imaginary world that lives deeply inside our real one, tapping into poetry’s 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 field—whether 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, <I>Many Poems</I> is Iannamico''s first full-length book to be published in English.<br><B>Roberta Iannamico</B> lives in Villa Ventana, Argentina. She has published several books of poetry, including <i>El zorro gris</i>, <i>El zorro blanco</i>, <i>Mamuskhas</i>, <i>El collar de fideos</i>, <i>Tendal</i> and several books for children. Her poems have been translated into English and Portuguese.<br><B>Alexis Almeida</B> is the author of the chapbooks <I>Things I Have Made a Fiction</I> (2024, winner of the Oversound chapbook contest) and <I>I Have Never Been Able to Sing</I> (Ugly Ducking Presse 2018). Her first full-length book, <I>Caetano</I>, is forthcoming in 2025 with The Elephants. She teaches at the Bard Microcollege at the Brooklyn Public Library and edits 18 Owls Press.</p>