The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void

The Sunflower Cast a Spell To Save Us from the Void is a 2021 debut poetry collection by Jackie Wang, published by Nightboat Books.

[2][3] The book's poems, through the use of dream settings, speculatively address social themes like solidarity politics, structural violence, and intergenerational trauma.

In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called the book an "extraordinary debut" and likened its style to Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and Marosa di Giorgio.

"[6] RHINO said: "Well-versed by her studies of capitalism, race, and prison abolition, and her own experiences of trauma, Wang leads us through the searing plots of her dreams with exactness and mysticism, like Simone Weil, her psyche’s resident French philosopher.

"[7] Of Wang's dreamy poems, Porter House Review wrote that "In each sequence, trauma and hopefulness intertwine to deliver a better understanding of our reality.