Collects sixteen essays by late Tony Hoagland. Gathered by Hoagland himself into a volume for the Poets on Poetry series, these pieces grapple with an expansive range of poetic and…

The anticipated first collection of essays by celebrated poet Tony Hoagland, author of What Narcissism Means to Me, explores metaphor, tone, rhetorical and compositional strategies with the vigorous, conversational style…

An award-winning poet, teacher and champion of poetry (New York Times) demystifies the elusive element of voice.

Hoagland’s verse is consistently, and crucially, bloodied by a sense of menace and by straight talk. –The New York Times

My heroes are the ones who don’t say much. They…