Pig
112 pages | paperback |
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From the brilliantly talented National Poetry Series and James Laughlin Award winner comes a third collection of poems that uses the humble pig as a lens to explore the body, faith, desire, and power.
This imaginative and singular poetry collection interrogates the broadest ideas surrounding the humble pigĆ¢ā¬āfarm animal, men/masculinity, police and state violence, desire, queerness, global food systems, religion/Judaism and lawĆ¢ā¬āto reimagine various chaotic histories of the body, faith, ecology, desire, hygiene, and power.
Sam Sax draws on autobiography and history to create poems that explore topics ranging from drag queens and Miss Piggy to pig farming and hog lagoons. Collectively, these poems, borne of SaxĆ¢ā¬ā¢s obsession, offer a varied picture of what it means to be a human being. Delivered in a variety of forms, infused with humor, grace, sadness, and anger,Ć PigĆ is a wholly unique collection from a virtuosic and original poet.
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112 pages | paperback |
Ć
From the brilliantly talented National Poetry Series and James Laughlin Award winner comes a third collection of poems that uses the humble pig as a lens to explore the body, faith, desire, and power.
This imaginative and singular poetry collection interrogates the broadest ideas surrounding the humble pigĆ¢ā¬āfarm animal, men/masculinity, police and state violence, desire, queerness, global food systems, religion/Judaism and lawĆ¢ā¬āto reimagine various chaotic histories of the body, faith, ecology, desire, hygiene, and power.
Sam Sax draws on autobiography and history to create poems that explore topics ranging from drag queens and Miss Piggy to pig farming and hog lagoons. Collectively, these poems, borne of SaxĆ¢ā¬ā¢s obsession, offer a varied picture of what it means to be a human being. Delivered in a variety of forms, infused with humor, grace, sadness, and anger,Ć PigĆ is a wholly unique collection from a virtuosic and original poet.
