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Spells are poems; poetry is spelling. Spell-poems take us into a place where the right words can influence the universe. Spells: 21st Century Occult Poetry brings together 30 contemporary voices exploring the territory between the occult and the subversion of patriarchy. Occult poetics is a method of self-determination and transformation through a summoning of the world, through remaking reality. Capable of holding the contradictions of identity and trauma, poetry as magical language is talismanic, offering a sacred space away from everyday experiences of oppression. Spells honours the world of feeling, the world of the unconscious, the world of the body: desires and practices that are messy and diverse, as well as joyful, fun and celebratory. Contains new work by: Kaveh Akbar, Rachael Allen, Nuar Alsadir, Emily Berry, Khairani Bharokka, A.K. Blakemore, Elizabeth-Jane Burnett, Jen Calleja, Vahni Capildeo, Kayo Chingonyi, Elinor Cleghorn, C.A. Conrad, Nia Davies, Kate Duckney, Livia Franchini, Will Harris, Caspar Heinemann, Lucy Ives, Rebecca May Johnson, Bhanu Kapil, Amy Key, Daisy Lafarge, Dorothea Lasky, Francesca Lisette, Canisia Lubrin, Marianne MacRae, Lucy Mercer, Hoa Nguyen, Rebecca Perry, Nat Raha, Nisha Ramayya, Ariana Reines, Sophie Robinson, Dolly Turing & Jane Yeh.

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Anybody remotely familiar with poetry will understand that falling in love with a poem is a little like being bewitched, [this book] takes that truth to a whole new dimension. --Broadly The diverse collection of poets opens up new ways of thinking, allowing room for ancient modes of knowledge (ritual, incantation, meditation, divination) as well as creating space for fresh ways of approaching the world. --New Statesman Revived the ancient notion of poetry's transformative power to summon up some of the most exciting poets experimenting with English now --The Guardian, Best Books of 2018 These spell-poems work together to forge a space of collective care, vulnerability, and generous sense of feeling. --Frieze

a These diverse poets open up new ways of thinking, allowing room for ritual, incantation, meditation, divination and fresh ways of approaching the world.a --New Statesman Anybody remotely familiar with poetry will understand that falling in love with a poem is a little like being bewitched, [this book] takes that truth to a whole new dimension.a --Broadly a These spell-poems work together to forge a space of collective care, vulnerability, and generous sense of feeling.a --Frieze Revives the ancient notion of poetrya (TM)s transformative power to summon up some of the most exciting poets experimenting with English now --The Guardian, Best Books of 2018

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Sarah Shin is a publisher and curator. She is the creator of New Suns: A Feminist Literary Festival, and is co-founder and director of Silver Press and Ignota Books. She works at Verso Books Rebecca Tamas is a poet based in York, where she works as a lecturer at York St John University. Her first collection, WITCH, focusing on feminist language and occult practice, was published by Penned in the Margins in March 2019.

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