THE NAME Leonardo Boix might be familiar to Morning Star readers as writer of the monthly column Letters from Latin America, the only one of its kind in the British press.

Astute and stylistically well-honed, it’s an indispensable point of reference both for the Latinx community in Britain and the wider world in giving a regular update on the latest developments in poetry, fiction and politics on the continent, particularly from a rising young generation seeking radical solutions to the pressing issues of the day.

Aside from journalism and teaching, another of the bilingual Boix’s “day jobs” is as a poet, and he’s a talented and successful one at that, as his prize-winning poem Unholy Family demonstrates.