The voices of humans and animals, living and dead, clamour for the reader's attention in Meat Songs. Headlice roam their strange habitat, a severed pig's head questions an undergraduate's choices, and packaged meat products are ignoring the future.

Jack Nicholls is a poet and playwright based in Manchester. He is a current member of the Royal Court Writer's Group and BFI's Short Film Script Lab, and his first play, Harsh Noise Wall, was longlisted for the 2019 Bruntwood Prize. He won third prize in the 2020 National Poetry Competition for his poem 'Mum with Sword'.