The Thorn of Your Name Jan Carson and illustrated by Benjamin Phillips infected by his school’s virulent

infected by his school’s virulent homophobia in his attitude to his friend’s emerging gay sexuality

language is purposefully sieved

” – Mikkel Krause Frantzen

this is poetry that both transcends and honours the time

The Thorn of Your Name Jan Carson and illustrated by Benjamin Phillips infected by his school’s virulentVctor Tern has been described as the most 'personal' poet of the Zapotec Isthmus of Oaxaca, Mexico. His poems, highly lyrical and imagistic, explore two deep passions: the electricity that passes between bodies in love, and Tern's fierce devotion to the Indigenous land and language of his birth. This carefully curated selection of poems, drawing from the whole of Terns poetic oeuvre, is translated into English by his long time translator and