MERCURY IN REGGAETÓN is author Willy Palomo's second book of poems, and is the winner of the Lightscatter Press Prize, awarded in 2025, chosen by judge Yesenia Montilla. Flanked by catastrophic headlines and somehow worse breakups, MERCURY IN REGGAETÓN indulges in sobs and perreo before facing impending doom and apocalypse. A marriage between hip-hop and the line break, between the ghazal and dembow, Palomo recounts love in a time of dystopia and resistance in a time of heartbreak. Published in a bilingual edition; translated by Josué Andrés Moz.