On our radar: 'Toxicon and Arachne' by Joyelle McSweeney

During this time of slowed publication, we at J2 want to highlight some books from our (digital) reviews shelf. Today’s poetry title on our radar: Toxicon and Arachne by Joyelle McSweeney (Nightboat Books, 2020). If you’d like to review this title, please let us know: jacket2.org/contact

[Text of image above: “From Nightboat Books: ‘Joyelle McSweeney allows the lyric to course through her like a toxin, producing a quiver of lyrics like poisoned arrows. It is the culmination of eight years of engagement with lyric under a regime of global and personal catastrophes.’”]

May 20, 2020

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