The Alcestis Machine Environmental Chemistry I want to claim her

I want to claim her and keep her and make her mine

and her private investigation business is months away from folding

and in the dream that he's never let go

Simon Eliot

The Alcestis Machine Environmental Chemistry I want to claim herInspired by the Greek myth of Alcestis, this poetry collection brings to life myriad voices who venture beyond the known world and exist between realities. In Greek mythology, Alcestis descends to the mysterious kingdom of death in her beloved's place. In The Alcestis Machine, Carolyn Oliver's second poetry collection, loss and queer desire echo across the multiverse. "In another life, I'm a . . ." sea witch or swineherd, vampire or troubadour,