Author(s): Sam Sax

Poetry

This singular poetry collection interrogates the broadest ideas surrounding the humble pig-farm animal, men/masculinity, police and state violence, desire, queerness, global food systems, religion/Judaism, and law. Sam Sax draws on autobiography and history to explore topics ranging from drag queens and Miss Piggy to hog lagoons. Collectively, these poems, borne of obsession and infused with humor, grace, sadness, and anger, offer a varied picture of what it means to be a human being.