"(A.W.) expertly weaves hope and despair ... winking and smiling through tears while he laughs. But you laugh and cry with him, because that's what life, and this collection, is all about." - JONAH RAY, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Meltdown Show With Jonah and Kumail
"When A.W. Sam invites you into his heart, mind and soul...GO." - JAMES URBANIAK, American Splendor, The Venture Bros, Difficult People
"I REALLY enjoyed this book. There's a lot to unpack and A.W. makes all of it sing." - CAMERON ESPOSITO, Take My Wife, Maron, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Life is hard. How often do we hear that phrase? Whether it's our personal relationships, our dreams or just the little jobs we struggle with, we are all together in this toil, working towards something ... anything, in hopes of feeling normal ... just like everyone else.
Toil is A.W. Sam's second collection of poems and is about the labors of life, love and everything in between.
A.W. Sam's first collection, WASTE[LA]ND: POEMS FOR LA, reached #1 on Amazon's New Releases list for Travel Poetry. Author and Comedian, DC PIERSON, called it, "A block by block LA odyssey of empathy by a multi-talented artist," while ANA KASPARIAN, of The Young Turks believes "...A.W. has managed to capture all of the nuances of Los Angeles in a honest, creative, and heartfelt way."