Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey John Hicks

John Hicks

and where a seven-legged arachnid can be a wise companion for

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

with drawings by Azzawi

Cures Juan Pablo Villalobos and translated by Rosalind Harvey John HicksFrom 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