MPT May Issue: Bearing the Burden of Sameness Jalil al-Qaisi Finding joy through immersion in

Finding joy through immersion in nature

dispossessed by voices from history

and the burying of history in a Caribbean made fit for tourists

translated by Jen Calleja

settled in Denmark and writing in Arabic

MPT May Issue: Bearing the Burden of Sameness Jalil al-Qaisi Finding joy through immersion inMPTs May issue Bearing the Burden of Sameness spotlights the poetry of care. Featuring Rachel Rankins new translations of Brynjulf Jung Tjnns experiences of adoption in Norway, the myth of the Chinese river snail reborn in Tuoya Wulans version of Xinyang Wu, and Beth Hickling Moores translation of Carla Nymans radically physical poetry of the body. Also: brand new translations of Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish by Kareem James Abu Zeid, Olga