This issue of Modern Poetry in Translation celebrates speech that has been freed
conjured a lush and evocative new wave of feminist thinking where
The Children of Sisyphus is the story of Dinah
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1870-1876) is one of the most influential figures in English Cathedral Music
and where a seven-legged arachnid can be a wise companion for
Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey This issue of Modern PoetryFrom a sapient pig to human extinction, syphilis to broken bones, a woman who births rabbits to changelings in the crib, this collection explores the full range of human fallibility as well as the eternal quest for hopefulness. Cures is filled with strange characters: volcanic women, a rat catcher on the brink of retirement, a bonesetter, a drunkard, a mermaid; the collection is brimful with both the uncanny and the familiar, exploring the joys of