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The bard contemplates X — anti-human vomit soup with dog shit croutons — and the Tory recycling bin that is Reform
ALAN MORRISON recommends an outstanding and timely anthology of poems that reflect the experience and consequences of African migration
BINOY KAMPMARK examines the food racket as evidenced by the recent promotion of Italian cuisine to the status of ‘intangible national heritage’
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Trout, Belly Up by Rodrigo Fuentes
(Charco Press, £8,99)
GUATEMALA, Honduras and El Salvador — the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America — are countries enduring a wave of violence and crime resulting in some three million people having to rely on humanitarian assistance.
Hundreds of thousands have been internally displaced and many more have left their countries to escape the brutality — murder, kidnapping and extortion are the norm — and poverty.
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