Joyelle McSweeney writes with relentless intellect and visual precision, weaving poetry, drama, and prose to explore the boundaries of the body and technology. Her work is deeply rooted in the vibrant and often unsettling landscape of contemporary experience. McSweeney's profound engagement with diverse literary traditions is underscored by her editorial work, bringing global voices to the forefront of American poetry.
A record of daily bewilderments and accidental concessions to hope after a momentous loss, featuring John Waters, Divine, and Mad King Ludwig II of Bavaria (the 'Swan King'), in this powerful follow-up to Joyelle McSweeney's award-winning collection Toxicon & Arachne
TOXICON & ARACHNE is a a raw, personal and indelible double volume of extraordinary lyric poetry, at once thrilling and sinister, by 'one of poetry's most versatile experimentalists' (Publisher's Weekly)