Proof of Life on EarthProof of Life on Earth is the much anticipated debut by widely published poet Degna Stone. The poems in this collection deftly explore human existence and matters of the heart (both the metaphorical and medical kind), of race, the body and self, and of life and death.

And there are poets coming out of a more performance-oriented stream such as Jacob Sam-La Rose

Mona Zaki Qawarib Jabaliyyah by Wajdi al-Ahdal

Aaron and Susannah Rickard delve into the interaction between the most universally enjoyed substance and the food that we cook

He is the translator of Kristiina Ehin’s The Drums of Silence (Oleander Press

it is certainly not a story you have heard before

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set against the shifting social scenery of the 80s and 90s

Over 2000 came from Britain alone to join the International Brigades

Both angels are blown backwards into a future they cannot face

it is a beautiful and melancholy meditation on time

He has received several National Endowment for the Arts awards for his work

satirised and sometimes glorified