Flipped Eye signs 'compelling' debut poetry pamphlet from Cox

Flipped Eye has signed Sikiliza, the "compelling" debut poetry pamphlet by poet Bella Cox. 

Senior editor Jacob-Sam La Rose acquired world rights directly from the author. The pamphlet will be published in October 2023. 

Sikiliza is "both a call to action and a pledge to journey through the intricate web of connections that bind together the constituent elements of one’s identity, woven intricately through voices from diverse continents". 

Cox is a British-Spanish poet, performer and producer and a three-time Barbican Young Poets alumna. She commented: "Writing poetry for me has always been, in part, a method of unravelling emotional knots, laying out the threads and discovering what beauty can be woven from my experiences. In this collection of pieces written mainly between 2017-2021 I have gained fresh perspectives through which to view my loves, my losses, my life. I hope that reading these creations serves as a kind of passing of the needle/pen/mic, so that readers may untangle and explore their own weird and wonderful tapestries too."

La Rose added: "So many of us spend so much of our lives searching for places we can belong to; Bella Cox has constructed and carved out such a space for herself in her poetry, and the various different worlds her poetry inhabits— the worlds in which the work she does through poetry has tangible impact. I’ve seen Bella continue to challenge herself over the years, and it’s wonderful to see her bring this début into being. It’s a manifestation of her dedication, her ambition, and her commitment to doing the work that needs to be done to produce something that feels true, in all the best senses of the word."