Little Wild Andrew Binks When the show folds

When the show folds

the flesh withered and soft/ as an old quilt

but also how we become its citizens or revolutionaries

to houses and neighbours

–Allan Stratton

Little Wild Andrew Binks When the show foldsDescription Little Wild explores the performance of masculinity in contemporary Canada, with a focus on how toxic masculinity relates to mental health, aggression, substance abuse and crises of identity. Through the reimagining of family histories and personal experiences, the poems in this collection exact a representation of a young man in conflict with outdated ideals of virility, struggling to redefine himself on his own terms. Little Wild is a