Vice-royal-ties Displays Translated from the Spanish by

Translated from the Spanish by Jeannine Pitas in a bilingual edition

of we dat nu willen of niet

Jennifer Soong’s Suede Mantis / Soft Rage proffers tenderness that teeters on the precipice of loss

a refusal to follow aesthetic proprieties

Vice-royal-ties Displays Translated from the Spanish byJulia Wong Kcomt The title of Bi rey nato, Julia Wong Kcomts sixth poetry collection, is a homonym for virreinato or viceroyalty, but can also be broken down into its component words: bi (bi two), rey (king), and nato (born). Likewise, the poems in this chapbook play with binaries: in power, love, language, country, identity. The salt in the air of seaside Lima, the setting of the first section, condenses into the salt that trails through the second