SLAG as in waste product. Slag as in misogynistic invective. Either use unites the speakers in Aimee Noel's first poetry collection. From bodies of workers broken to bodies of those attacked to bodies of water abused, Noel holds the beauty and danger of the moment in balance. Incorporating research, interviews, memories and myth, Slag weaves a world of those who persist, even thrive, though their environment, both internal and external, may not have their best interests at heart.