How to Swallow a Pig

by Robert Priest

Bizarre sexual parables, hilarious science fiction, fables, text-tangles, dirty stories, lush love letters, re-visionary fairy tales, predictions,strange new games, dream transcripts, and a complete handbook of absurdist instructions, including one on the dangerous arts of pig-swallowing. With all the lyricism and wit which have made his columns in NOW magazine and his Dr. Poetry segments on CBC’s Wordbeat so entertaining and provocative, this collection gathers for the first time the very best of Robert Priest’s short prose. A fabulist in the tradition of Borges and Cortazar, he brings to these postcard pieces the same poignant, and twisted but brilliant sensibility which has made him one of the most entertaining and challenging poets of his generation.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Becka Whitlock · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very bizarre book and I am not sure that it would be good for a elementary or middle setting.

[George · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best and most enjoyable books of poetry I have ever read. Deep and profound yet full of life and joy and fun. Expands my neuro plasticity