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, LA, and San Francisco. The excerpts of her Truth poem are a political response to great uncertainty in the world right now. This collection is an exploration of words as spells, incantations, curse and solace.

'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.