{"product_id":"new-arcana-jessica-traynor-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Traynor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1780377495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780377490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloodaxe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jessica Traynor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881126318335,"sku":"9781780377490","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77c8512f-76cc-460b-9d81-9afd59aa0ce8.jpg?v=1747970756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-arcana-jessica-traynor-9781780377490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}