The Malvern Aviator Mohja Kahf Translation itself is an act

Translation itself is an act of beneficent diaspora

running to 140 pages bursting with poems

and giving a voice to characters from the past who would not otherwise have had a voice

Herzegovina to Hungary

part invitation

The Malvern Aviator Mohja Kahf Translation itself is an actIn language that is both precise and strange, Richard Skinners poems tip certainties on their heads, making familiar objects in the world unfamiliar: a mountain is not what it seems, a skull contains a universe. Alongside this process of making strange lies a deep connection with sound, colour, temperature and scent that brings the poems fully to life. Questions of faith run through many of these poems, with subjects ranging from the Lollards and