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Karthika Nair’s epic poem ‘Until the Lions’ is conceived as an echo of its great Sanskrit forerunner

accompanied by entertainingly absurd narratives

Changing to study English

This issue explores and celebrates the development of modernism in modern Arabic poetry:

The Way the Water Held Me Lorcán Black disappears without warningWhile newly married, with the couple expecting their first child, Catherine Redfords wife was tragically diagnosed with a terminal illness. The Way the Water Held Me is a mesmeric plunge into the caring, grief, loss and love experienced by a young widow. Across poems of heartbreak and honesty, memory and mourning and through unlikely companionship with a widowed Mary Shelley Catherine Redfords debut collection is visceral, profound and alive with what