--- description: Find out why "The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void" by Jackie Wang is on TIME's list of the must-read books from this year. title: 'The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=640&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 29, 2021 # The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void by Jackie Wang by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Jackie Wang traverses the wild terrain of her dreams in her debut collection of poetry, _The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us From the Void_. Part ethereal dream diary, part punk-rock-flavored social commentary and all completely sensual, Wang’s collection, a National Book Award finalist, upends convention and dares to change our reality through sheer fantasy. Flanked by hallucinatory drawings by Kalan Sherrard, Wang’s experiments with form, style and structure will change the way you see your dreams—and poetry—forever. **Buy Now:** _The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void_on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781643620367 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://amzn.to/3oEuWr7 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-must-read-books-2021/6120671/the-sunflower-cast-a-spell-to-save-us-from-the-void/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-must-read-books-2021/6120671/the-sunflower-cast-a-spell-to-save-us-from-the-void/"},"headline":"The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void","datePublished":"2021-11-29T13:16:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:59:02.077Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-must-read-books-2021/6120671/the-sunflower-cast-a-spell-to-save-us-from-the-void/","keywords":["Books","list","best books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf80a50f1a988cbe7/6998cd3be1ba008edc98e4bd/time-hi-res.webp?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-must-read-books-2021/6120671/the-sunflower-cast-a-spell-to-save-us-from-the-void/","name":"The Sunflower Cast a Spell to Save Us from the Void"}}]}] ```