Imperfect BodiesWhen Ali learns that she is expecting a child with CFC syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects the heart, face, skin, and development, her world is shaken up. Doctors tell her that her baby will not even survive pregnancy but, against all odds, Carys is born. In this powerful literary memoir, Ali shares her journey as the mother of Carys, reflecting on motherhood, identity, the female body, and the able and dis abled body, while exploring

He is also the editor of several anthologies including After the First Death

because the accused rapist is a government loyalist

has been living in south London suburb for thirty years

Captain Isambard Smith is the square-jawed

foxes and floodwater empties onto a London postnatal ward

post-colonial Caribbean state of Aritya (Guyana in disguise)

Every issue of MPT crosses frontiers

the extraordinary encounters he has with the likes of Jean-Luc Godard

compelling

whatever the edge is

ned at court

each stare is integral to the entirety of the tiny elements making up the lives and breaths of Palestine