Ian U Lockaby is a poet, translator, and editor of the online journal mercury firs. He's the author of Defensible Space/if a crow— (Omnidawn, 2024) and A Seam of Electricity (Ghost Proposal, 2025). His poetry appears recently in Washington Square Review, VOLT, Kenyon Review, West Branch, Noir Sauna, etc. He's the translator of Gardens, by Chilean poet Carlos Cociña (Cardboard House Press, 2021) and Probable Synonyms of the Word Sololoy by Mexican poet Diana Garza Islas (Carrion Bloom, 2025). He lives in New Orleans.