By Isadoro Saturno
entries of an outcome o de cómo pensé que lo tenía todo pero it was just another fantasy with a white ghost
Isadoro Saturno (Barquisimeto, 1987) is a poet, translator, editor, and children’s book author living in Atlanta. His first book, Conejo y Conejo (Ekaré, 2018), won the Los Mejores del Banco del Libro award and was translated into Chinese in 2020. In 2022, he was selected for the Señal call from Ugly Duckling Presse, which resulted in the publication of the plaquette Dear Parent or Guardian / Estimado representante (New York, 2023). That year, he published Shigeru Ban Builds a Better World (Tra Publishing, Miami), receiving a star review from The Horn Book magazine. His work has been featured in various anthologies, collections, magazines, digital portals, and fanzines, including the one for the II Rafael Cadenas Young Poets Prize (Caracas, 2017) where he was awarded third place, PROVEA’s Poesía contra la opresión 1920–2018 (Caracas, 2019), and most recently on eXpuestXs (El BeiSmAn PrESs, Chicago, 2024).