Mary Shelley Makes a Monster by Octavia Cade

Yeah, that's my long-winded and somewhat-academic way of saying you need to read this book. Now I first saw Margariti post about this a few months ago, and the title alone (hello? Witches!) immediately grabbed my interest, but when they told me it was a queer exploration of witchcraft, gender norms, and sexuality, well is it any surprise you folks are here with us today? I don't think I could have asked for a more me collection to grace my shelves, and I was thrilled to talk to Margariti more about their process, inspirations, and themes some more.įor those of you who have taken my Witch Lit course, please definitely consider picking up a copy of this book, and if you haven't taken the course but love discourse about history, fairy tales, folklore, and gender, then absolutely consider this book for you. Margariti does a wonderfully haunting job exploring the intersection of the beautiful and the grotesque, and their themes focusing on the body, identity, death, and violence spoke directly to me on more than one occasion as they provided an interdisciplinary approach that sent me thinking about artwork, history, theology, thanatology and more. In The Saint of Witches, there’s no telling who will sink, or swim.' Bodies are dismantledĪnd remade, despised and celebrated. The grave, while medical experiments seek a forever home.

Girlsĭream of queer ghosts and carnivorous angels. Stakes, wells, and other prisons with the help of their arcane saint. Today in The Madhouse, I'm thrilled to welcome and host Avra Margariti as we talk about their recent poetry collection, The Saint of Witches from Weasel Press. Margariti writes: ' In this dark poetry collection, witches escape Hello and Good Afternoon, Friends and Fiends:

Mary Shelley Makes a Monster by Octavia Cade