The Pigs
Tim Carter
The Pigs is a poem about identity and change.
Read a section of The Pigs published in Peach Mag and republished in Poetry Daily.
The Pigs incorporates many different texts. I've provided them below, and links when possible, for anyone interested in reading more.
Bubolz, Bryan F., and Pete Simi. "Leaving the World of Hate: Life-Course Transitions and Self-Change."
Butler, Judith. The Force of Nonviolence.
Cavarero, Adriana. Relating Narratives: Storytelling and Selfhood.
Futrell, Robert, and Pete Simi. "The [Un]Surprising Alt-Right."
Hejinian, Lyn. "The Rejection of Closure."
Kallen, Horace. A Study of Liberty.
Madfis, Eric. "Triple Entitlement and Homicidal Anger: An Exploration of the Inter-sectional Identities of American Mass Murderers."
McCauley, Clark, and Sarah Moskalenko. "Mechanisms of Political Radicalization: Pathways Toward Terrorism."
Popper, Karl. The Open Society and Its Enemies.
Rorty, Richard. Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity.
Rukeyser, Muriel. The Life of Poetry.
Simi, Pete, et al. "Narratives of Childhood Adversity and Adolescent Misconduct as Precursors to Violent Extremism: A Life-Course Criminological Approach."
Warnick, B.R., Kim, S.H. and Robinson, S. “Gun Violence and the Meaning of American Schools.”