Jinx
Abigail Parry · 2018
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"Shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2018. Jinx: a ruinous charm, a quickdraw curse, a knight's move. Parry's first collection is concerned with spells, and ersatz spells: with semblance and sleight-of-hand. It takes its formal cues from moth-camouflage and stage magic, from the mirror-maze and the masquerade, and from high-stakes games of poker. Jinx asks about the equivocal nature of artifice and the real mischief that underwrites the trick. The poems deal in forms of influence: in seduction and persuasion, infatuation and obsession. They want to talk about what we submit to, and what we are compelled by."--Publisher
Book details
- Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 80
- ISBN
- 9781780372341
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