{"product_id":"new-arcana-9781780377490","title":"New Arcana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a cover by renowned comic book artist Lisa Sterle, the poems in Jessica Traynor's \u003ci\u003eNew Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e explore grief, bad boyfriends and the power of female friendship through readings of the Tarot and Tim Burton movies.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from teenage friendship and destructive relationships towards a tangling with the realities of family life, domesticity, and desire, this highly inventive collection builds into a heartbroken letter to a dear friend (personified in the poems as 'lydia deetz') who died by suicide. Interwoven with numbered poems from a newly imagined Major Arcana, \u003ci\u003eNew Arcana \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates both the holding on, and the letting go. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong other awards, Jessica Traynor has received Hennessy New Writer of the Year and the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry 2023. \u003ci\u003eNew Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e is her fourth collection, following \u003ci\u003eLiffey Swim\u003c\/i\u003e (2014) and \u003ci\u003eThe Quick\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) from Dedalus and \u003ci\u003ePit Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) from Bloodaxe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Traynor\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Dublin in 1984 and is a poet, essayist and librettist. Her debut collection, \u003ci\u003eLiffey Swim\u003c\/i\u003e (Dedalus Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the Strong\/Shine Award and in 2016 was named one of the best poetry debuts of the past five years on Bustle.com. Her second collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Quick\u003c\/i\u003e, was a 2019 \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e poetry choice. Her third collection, \u003ci\u003ePit Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e, was published by Bloodaxe Books in 2022. It was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was an \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e poetry books of the year choice for 2022. \u003ci\u003ePit Lullabies\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the inaugural Yeats Society Sligo's Poetry Prize in 2023 and Jessica Traynor received the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry 2023. She is poetry editor at \u003ci\u003eBanshee\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloodaxe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720995864850,"sku":"9781780377490","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_05272965-6509-432f-88bb-2e96fee3fc6d.jpg?v=1762945374","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/new-arcana-9781780377490","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}