A Friend's Kitchen by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, trans. by Bryar Bajalan with the poet Shook Nine Arches like Rinky-Dink is Mark Waldron’s

like Rinky-Dink is Mark Waldron’s fourth collection

investigating everything from dinosaurs to life on other planets

and yet very familiar

Sylvia Kantaris

Today the site of the colliery is a green wilderness

A Friend's Kitchen by Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi, trans. by Bryar Bajalan with the poet Shook Nine Arches like Rinky-Dink is Mark Waldron’sAl Saddiq Al Raddi is one of the leading African poets writing in Arabic today. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, he has lived in exile in London since 2012. The poems in this World Poet Series book emerged in the aftermath of Al Raddis arrival, when he was separated from his wife and children for nearly five years. During late, uncertain nights awake in a strange city, he would write brief, mystical, often stream of consciousness texts to post on Facebook,