Lessons in Kindness S.J. Litherland

Lessons in Kindness S.J. LitherlandLessons in Kindness is a collection exploring identity, sexuality, strength and vulnerability. Through a series of losses and epiphanies, a young woman attempts to make sense of the lessons taught and learned. From the recent referenda in Ireland, to a landscape of women ghosts, Lessons in Kindness is a search for meaning and love, set against the backdrop of the wild Atlantic coast.

still called Neftalí Reyes

translated by Susan Ranson

After giving birth

the four sections of the poem echoing the structure

Selim Özdo

Ahmed Naji

Olga Sulchinskaya

credits and debits that sometimes demand to be accounted for

there have been few translations into English

of revelation and resilience – where the influence of Jazz and of James Baldwin infuse and shape this unique

Stifled by middle class life

Your handkerchief