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The final book of poems by Tony Hoagland, “one of the most distinctive voices of our time” (Carl Dennis).Over the course of his celebrated career, Tony Hoagland ventured fearlessly into the unlit alleys of emotion and experience. The poems in Turn Up the Ocean examine with an unflinching eye and mor... Read More about Turn Up the Ocean: Poems

“Hoagland’s verse is consistently, and crucially, bloodied by a sense of menace and by straight talk.” —The New York TimesMy heroes are the ones who don’t say much.They don’t hug people they just met.They don’t play louder when confused.They use plain language even when they listen.Wisdom doesn’t co... Read More about Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God: Poems

Selected by Tony Hoagland as winner of the ninth annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize.... Read More about Walking the Dog's Shadow: Poems

An award-winning poet, teacher, and “champion of poetry” (Neil Genzlinger, New York Times) demystifies the elusive element of voice. In this accessible and distilled craft guide, acclaimed poet Tony Hoagland approaches poetry through the frame of poetic voice, that mysterious connective element that... Read More about The Art of Voice: Poetic Principles and Practice

An eagerly awaited new collection of poems by contemporary favorite Tony Hoagland, author of Donkey GospelHow did I come to believe in a government called Tony Hoagland?With an economy based on flattery and self-protection?and a sewage system of selective forgetting?and an extensive history of broke... Read More about What Narcissism Means to Me: Poems

The new poetry collection by Tony Hoagland, the award-winning author of What Narcissim Means To Me and Donkey Gospel In Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, Tony Hoagland is deep inside a republic that no longer offers reliable signage, in which comfort and suffering are intimately entw... Read More about Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty: Poems