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Madness
Contributor(s): Sax, Sam (Author)

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ISBN: 0143131702     ISBN-13: 9780143131700
Publisher: Penguin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2017
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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" L (0.20 lbs) 96 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Gay
Features: Price on Product
Review Citations: Library Journal 07/01/2017
Booklist 09/15/2017 pg. 11
Publishers Weekly 09/18/2017
 
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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.

 
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