Marvels: Literary Tarot Cards for Writing Inspiration

At your fingertips are all the creative energy from authors  and their books  from the library of twenty-three years of passionate publishing that is Tupelo Press! Sift through the visual and verbal gems excerpted from their covers and pages, let your eyes feast and your imagination spark! Whatever question or silence you bring to the deck, the deck will respond to, in verse and image. You have only to be open to the possibilities!

This exquisite, layered, 78-card tarot-size deck is a perfect instrument for poets and writers of all genres, creators, artists, and anyone who is looking for unusual and diverse visual and literary inspiration! Consider it an oracular opportunity to enliven your craft.

Please consider each card as a portal into the images and language of its corresponding book of poetry, including tantalizing poem excerpts and cover art from our beloved Tupelo collection.

We offer this guidebook to more deeply connect you with our authors and books. It lists card name, author, book title, publication year, poems the quotes come from, and to further animate the work, evocative words drawn from within each book.

Magic doesn’t follow rules, but we include suggestions for different card spreads so you can easily get started using this oracle deck. Shuffle the cards between your fingers and pull six cards from the deck, then use the associated six-card spread  for your unique divination for crafting. Or, pull a card a day for writing or artistic prompts based on image, color, words and phrases. If you are so moved, each author would love for you to further explore their work!