A Dress of Locusts by Safa Khatib Francis R. Jones And awe-inspiring artwork from: Annalise

And awe-inspiring artwork from: Annalise Barber

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A Dress of Locusts by Safa Khatib Francis R. Jones And awe-inspiring artwork from: AnnalisePublished 19th June 2025. An electrifying debut collection exploring langage and revolution, by an extraordinary new poetic talent Woven from threads of Aramaic, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Sumerian and Arabic, A Dress of Locusts is an unforgettable song cycle in which the living and dead sing back and forth to one another. Here, Safa Khatib participates in a poetic tradition Jerome Rothenberg once called the "Revolution of the Word', journeying across