Spells: 21st-Century Occult Poetry Arnulf Conradi Der Klagegesang einer Nachtigall

Der Klagegesang einer Nachtigall

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Spells: 21st-Century Occult Poetry Arnulf Conradi Der Klagegesang einer NachtigallSpells are poems; poetry is spelling. Spell poems take us into a realm where words can influence the universe. Spells brings together thirty six contemporary voices exploring the territory where justice, selfhood and the imagination meet the transformative power of the occult. These poems unmake the world around them, so that it might be remade anew. Kaveh Akbar, Rachael Allen, Nuar Alsadir, Khairani Barokka, Emily Berry, A. K. Blakemore, Jen Calleja,