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Sergio Loo

Sergio Loo

Sergio Loo (1982–2014), from Mexico City, was a prolific queer poet and writer before his early death from cancer at age thirty-one. His books include Claveles automáticos (2006), Sus brazos labios en mi boca rodando (2007), and Operación al cuerpo enfermo (2015).

Will Stockton is associate professor of English at Clemson University. His books include Members of His Body: Shakespeare, Paul and a Theology of Nonmonogamy (Fordham University Press, 2017) and the forthcoming Jesus Freak (Bloomsbury, 2018). His poems have appeared in journals including Bloom, Fourth River, and PANK.