which build up a portrait of de la Mare's life
it considers geopolitical history and cultural perspectives on climate change
I essentially write poems while doing a word search using Virginia Woolf as source material
state control and genocide – yet still finding shimmering beauty in this world in crisis
to memorable insights into love
A Friend's Kitchen by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, trans. by Bryar Bajalan with the poet Shook Catherine Ann Cullen which build up a portraitAl Saddiq Al Raddi is one of the leading African poets writing in Arabic today. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, he has lived in exile in London since 2012. The poems in this World Poet Series book emerged in the aftermath of Al Raddis arrival, when he was separated from his wife and children for nearly five years. During late, uncertain nights awake in a strange city, he would write brief, mystical, often stream of consciousness texts to post on Facebook,