| Toxicon and Arachne Contributor(s): McSweeney, Joyelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 1643620185 ISBN-13: 9781643620183 Publisher: Nightboat Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Women Authors - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Toxicon & Arachne, McSweeney allows the lyric to course through her like a toxin, producing a quiver of lyrics like poisoned arrows. Toxicon was written in anticipation of the birth of McSweeney's daughter, Arachne. But when Arachne was born sick, lived brie?fly, and then died, McSweeney unexpectedly endured a second inundation of lyricism, which would become the poems in Arachne, this time spun with grief. Toxicon & Arachne is the culmination of eight years of engagement with lyric under a regime of global and personal catastrophes. |