| Madness Contributor(s): Sax, Sam (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143131702 ISBN-13: 9780143131700 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Lgbt - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2017016060 |
| Series: National Poetry |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Gay |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An "astounding" (Terrance Hayes) debut collection of poems - Winner of the National Poetry Series Competition In this powerful debut collection, sam sax explores and explodes the linkages between desire, addiction, and the history of mental health. These brave, formally dexterous poems examine antiquated diagnoses and procedures from hysteria to lobotomy; offer meditations on risky sex; and take up the poet's personal and family histories as mental health patients and practitioners. Ultimately, Madness attempts to build a queer lineage out of inherited language and cultural artifacts; these poems trouble the static categories of sanity, heterosexuality, masculinity, normality, and health. sax's innovative collection embodies the strange and disjunctive workings of the mind as it grapples to make sense of the world around it. |