Jinx

By Abigail Parry

Book Overview

Jinx: a ruinous charm, a quickdraw curse, a knight's move. Abigail 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 mischief behind 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. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780372345
• ISBN13: 9781780372341
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"