in this episode, i read selections from Joyelle McSweeney's work, as follows: a. "Toxic Sonnets: A Crown for John Keats" from Toxicon and Arachne, Nightboat Books, 2020. b. the poems "Black Orchid" and "The History Plays" from Arachne, as published in folder magazine c. the essay "The Toxic & The Lyric II: Hearing and Hell; Inversion as Subversion; Everyone, or The Dead; The Child-Migrant" as published on December 9, 2017 in the fanzine these selections may be found on McSweeney's website. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/caridad-svich/support