There's a Witch in the Word Machine

‘Truly one of the very best writers we have’ — Niall Griffiths
‘The patron saint of literary street urchins’ — The New York Times
‘Memorable and visceral’— Stuart Kelly on The Dead Queen of Bohemia
There’s a Witch in the Word Machine is a collection that underpins Jenni Fagan’s entire approach to words. Her spell poems are portraits of people, lovers and cities: Paris, New York, Edinburgh, Detroit, L. A. and San Francisco. This collection is an exploration of words as spells, incantations, curse and solace.