Eleanor Among the Saints by Rachel Mann games casting her singular spell upon

casting her singular spell upon the reader

she keeps writing

Stir-fried Miso Pork with Wild Garlic and a Taiwanese Braised Pork Bao (steamed buns)

With marvelous illustrations by Kelly Chudler

they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits

Eleanor Among the Saints by Rachel Mann games casting her singular spell uponShortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2024A Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendation 2024In her second collection, Mann wrestles with the questions and possibilities raised when trans identity, faith and the limits of myth and language intersect and are tested. Eleanor Among the Saints is a study in the queer joy found in counter factuals and fantasy, shaped through the prism of the disputed story of Eleanor Rykener, a medieval trans woman,