The IntendedThe narrator of The Intended is twelve when he leaves his village in rural Guyana to come to England. There he is abandoned into social care, but with determination seizes every opportunity to follow his aunts farewell advice: but you must tek educationpass plenty exam. With a scholarship to Oxford, and an upper class white fiance, he has unquestionably arrived, but at the cost of ignoring the other part of his aunts farewell: you is we, remember you

and I told him all about the books

Sometimes it is linked with sensuality and sexuality

strings of dried figs and green tomatoes

“To the Winds Our Sails is a vibrant and moving homage to what can be found in translation

assembled and translated by fellow Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon

An oblong bump in the shirt

and gentler lyrics of place

he explained that "the aim of sponsoring the prize in its first year is to participate in building bridges between Arab culture and the Western reader"

• Beirut39 – judges meet to decide on the final list of the 39 best Arab authors aged 39 and under

A highly readable autobiography

Colette Bryce: Six poems

whose Waiting for the Night Rowers won the Aldeburgh Prize