New Arcana by Jessica Traynor

New Arcana

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New Arcana by Jessica Traynor

Bloodaxe Books

New Arcana

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With a cover by renowned comic book artist Lisa Sterle, the poems in Jessica Traynor's New Arcana explore grief, bad boyfriends and the power of female friendship through readings of the Tarot and Tim Burton movies.

Moving 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, New Arcana celebrates both the holding on, and the letting go.

Among other awards, Jessica Traynor has received Hennessy New Writer of the Year and the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry 2023. New Arcana is her fourth collection, following Liffey Swim (2014) and The Quick (2019) from Dedalus and Pit Lullabies (2022) from Bloodaxe.

Book Details
Publisher:
Bloodaxe Books
ISBN:
9781780377490
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
96
Authors:
Jessica Traynor
Published Date:
2025-11-18
Language:
English
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About Jessica Traynor

Poet, essayist, and librettist Jessica Traynor was born in Dublin and completed an MA in creative writing at University College Dublin in 2008. Her debut, Liffey Swim (Dedalus Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the Strong/Shine Award, and The Quick (Dedalus Press, 2018) followed. Pit Lullabies (Bloodaxe Books, 2022) was a Poetry Book Society Recommendation; her fourth collection, New Arcana, appeared from Bloodaxe in 2025. She has worked as literary manager of the Abbey Theatre and has written libretti for several operas. Her awards include the Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year, the Listowel Poetry Prize, and the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award in 2023.

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