Jukebox takes place inside an Italian hazing ritual where senior male college students single out a freshman, lock him into a standing closet, and make him sing. In the chapbook, the narrator recounts his memories of being trapped inside the closet after his peers forget to let him back out.
As a bilingual poet, Harkins composed Jukebox first in Italian, then translated it herself into English. Like the name of the hazing ritual itself—fargli fare il jukebox (make him do the jukebox)—it exists as a poem between languages.
Newly released from Bottlecap Press: Jukebox
Jessica Harkins 
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