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gar42's review
dark
funny
fast-paced
4.0
A book of poems about all things pig. I love the formal play, the wide association of pigs and pig topics, and the pig as an anchor for the collection. While it’s fun at times, like dancing at a club, it’s also deeply serious and contemplative, writing praise poems to Miss Piggy and also poems considering the similar treatments of Jews and pigs. A collection about queerness, Jewishness, animalness, and humanness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Sexual content, and Animal death
Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Murder
abbylw's review
challenging
funny
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
I am a huge admirer of sam sax’s poetry, so I went into reading their new collection “pig” with high expectations. They smashed them. This collection uses pigs of all kinds — from Mrs. Piggy to 30-50 feral hogs to fetishwear/ BDSM — to explore the body, desire& consumption, Judaism and anti-capitalism and reveal truths about what it is to be human. Sax’s writing is masterful; they know how to play with form and bend language in witty, surprising ways. I am sure will be returning to this collection again and will definitely be purchasing when it is released. Many thanks NetGalley and Scribner for the advance copy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content
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