Madness Sam Sax

Madness

Author: Sam Sax
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Book Title
Madness
Author
Sam Sax
ISBN
9780143131700
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.Binding Type: PaperbackAuthor: Sam SaxPublisher: Penguin BooksPublished: 09/12/2017ISBN: 9780143131700Pages: 96Weight: 0.20lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.20dReview Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2017Booklist 09/15/2017 pg. 11Publishers Weekly 09/18/2017
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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sam Sax
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 09/12/2017
ISBN: 9780143131700
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.20d

Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2017
Booklist 09/15/2017 pg. 11
Publishers Weekly 09/18/2017
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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Sam Sax
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 09/12/2017
ISBN: 9780143131700
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.20d

Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2017
Booklist 09/15/2017 pg. 11
Publishers Weekly 09/18/2017