Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara

2020 Florida Book Award in Poetry, Gold Medal

In his debut collection, William Fargason inspects the pain of memory alongside the pain of the physical body. Fargason takes language to its limits to demonstrate how grief is given a voice. His speaker confronts illness, grapples with grief, and heals after loss in its most crushing forms. These poems attempt to make sense of trauma in a time of belligerent fathers and unacceptable answers. Fargason necessarily confronts toxic masculinity while navigating spiritual and emotional vulnerability.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 04/01/2020
ISBN: 9781609387051
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d