Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey This issue of Modern Poetry

This issue of Modern Poetry in Translation celebrates speech that has been freed

with drawings by Azzawi

have already made a name for themselves as poets whose new work is often groundbreaking

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

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