Polygon has acquired UK & Commonwealth (excluding Canada) English language rights for Holy Boys, a new poetry collection from Andrés N. Ordorica. Rights were procured by Polygon Editor Edward Crossan, and the collection will be published in the spring of 2025.

Andrés’s new collection Holy Boys is a journey through the multilingual power of poetry. Each language-rich poem is a step through the generations and the poet’s own history – vital and searching; challenging and honest. I absolutely love this collection, and I’m thrilled to welcome Andrés N. Ordorica to Polygon’s award-winning list.’

–Polygon Editor Edward Crossan

Andrés also commented, ‘I am truly honoured to have Holy Boys come out with Polygon, a publishing house who continue to be at the forefront of Scottish literature. So many Scottish poets who I have long admired have published with them, and to join the ranks of such poetic prowess is beyond my wildest dreams. I thank Edward and the team for taking a chance on this collection which plays heavily with ecologies, language and histories to find home within the landscape and beyond.’

Andrés N. Ordorica (he/him) is a queer Latinx writer based in Edinburgh. Drawing on his family’s immigrant history and third culture upbringing, his writing maps the journey of diaspora and unpacks what it means to be from ni de aquí, ni de allá (neither here, nor there). He is the author of the poetry collection At Least This I Know and novel How We Named the Stars. He has been shortlisted for the Kavya Prize, Morley Lit Prize, the Mo Siewcharran Prize and the Saltire Society’s Poetry Book of The Year. In 2024, he was selected as one of The Observer’s 10 Best Debut Novelists.His writing often addresses themes of queerness, liminality, and concepts of belonging. He has published personal essays and creative journalism on the arts, mental health, sexuality, and immigration. He is a graduate of Ithaca College and The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama.

He is passionate about advocating for increased opportunities for marginalised communities to engage with the creative arts.

To learn more about the author and his previous work, please visit his website or follow him on Instagram @andres_ordorica or X (Twitter) @AndresNOrdorica.