As formally inventive as readers have come to expect from one of the most daring writers around, and as wild and tricky as its subject matter requires, 'Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode' presents us with a series of essays and poems that playfully, artfully propound Jen Calleja's theory of ‘goblin hood’—a theory that takes in all aspects of pop culture from film, literature and art as well as the author’s personal and original examinations of grief, lust, family histories and the physical fact of living in the world as it is.

'Goblinhood' is a perpetually and variously curious, visceral addition to Calleja’s remarkable oeuvre.

'I urge readers to join Jen Calleja in hot pursuit of the goblin through contemporary culture in this unexpected, revelatory, and frequently hilarious book, which is also at turns politically urgent and moving, as Calleja weaves the sorrows and joys of her own life into this critical and kaleidoscopic text.' — Rebecca May Johnson

Jen Calleja is the author of 'Goblinhood: Goblin as a Mode', 'Vehicle', 'Dust Sucker', 'I’m Afraid That’s All We’ve Got Time For', and 'Serious Justice'. She is a Literary Translator from German of authors including Wim Wenders, Marion Poschmann, Gregor Hens and Michelle Steinbeck shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.

Rough Trade, 2024, 190pages.