Love Song to the Demon-Possessed Pigs of Gadara (Iowa Poetry Prize)

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.

• | Author: William Fargason
• | Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• | Publication Date: April 01, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 104 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1609387058
• | ISBN-13: 9781609387051