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Donkey gospel by tony hoagland winner of the 1997 james laughlin award of the academy of american poetsin his second collection of poems, hoagland s generous effervescence and a jujitsu cleverness sparkle through line after line confronting negotiation and compromise, gender and culture, sex and rock music, sons and lovers, truth and beauty. Tony hoagland has 40 books on goodreads with 274 ratings. Winner of the 1997 james laughlin award of the academy of american poetsin donkey gospel. As these titles suggest, hoagland s characteristic tone is marked by a deep devotion to. This book is only as good as the asshole who is reading it and who wants to be petted for being such a good asshole, for being quiet and doing nothing mean and admitting that it would be nice to be nice but oh fucking well, theres nothing to being an asshole so ill just read these tony hoagland poems and think about it and go do the things that are perpetually being done. Winner of a new award in james laughlins honor, this second book by the new mexico. He is american poetrys hilarious and disturbing high priest of. The new poetry collection by tony hoagland, the awardwinning 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. Real sofistikashun by tony hoagland boomerang books. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 80 pages and is available in paperback format. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books.
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His second, donkey gospel 1998, won the james laughlin award of the academy of american poets. The first edition of the novel was published in 1989, and was written by lesslie newbigin. Donkey gospel, tony hoagland a selfproclaimed postmodern confessionalist poet, hoagland s poems gather and distribute so much energy its like hes a boxer or a wrestler. Tony hoagland hoaglands generous effervescence and a jujitsu cleverness sparkle line after line. The jurors for the award were yusef komunyakaa, heather mchugh, and william matthews. From donkey gospel graywolf press, 1998 to whomever taught me the word dickhead.
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