A conversational collection of essays on poetry, offering a highly entertaining analysis of poetic craft with insightful writings on poets like Robert Pinsky, Robert Hass and Louise Gluck. Hoagland has what could be called rock star status’ in the poetry world. His audience is ever-growing and includes major fans from the literary world, as well as contemporary musicians and radio talk-show hosts. Ani DiFranco reads a Tony Hoagland poem at every concert.