Poetry has always been critical to dreams of liberation. In these perilous, and calamitous times, we’ll hear from our poets about their liberatory dreams and rage. An archive of anger, dissidence, and rebellion, this issue features poets and translators speaking truth to power from Palestine, Ivory Coast, Iran, Nepal, Argentina, China, India and various other places and languages. 

We are delighted to welcome our readers Leo Boix who has translated Liliana Ancalao from Argentina, Cristina Viti  who has translated Batool Abu Akleen from Gaza and Yě Yě who has translated Jike Ayou from China’s Sichuan province. 

The Poets:

LEO BOIX is a bilingual Latinx poet and translator born in Argentina who lives in the UK. His second poetry collection is forthcoming with Chatto & Windus (Vintage) in June 2025.

CRISTINA VITI’S recent publications include Pasolini’s La rabbia (Tenement Press, 2022) and An Anarchist Playbook (NoUP, 2024), a series of texts co-translated in her workshop at King’s College.

YĚ YĚ is the co-founder of Poetry Lab Shanghai, and has had two collections of poetry published. Her words have appeared in the87press, Pamenar Press, Voice & Verse poetry magazine and elsewhere.

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