"Tony Hoagland's images, his metaphors, and his ideas crack like a whip, like a loud shout cutting across a noisy room. His style reads conversationally but belies a great verbal ingenuity that hooks the ear and mind, that holds the attention and elevates our engagement. It is this flash, this boldness, that ultimately raises Hoagland's poetry to the level of great art." Nick Lantz, author of You, Beast.

"Tony Hoagland's work grapples with the distortions of contemporary America and what it takes to remain human in these strange times. Joan Logghe, poet.

Tony Hoagland is the winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize, as well as the James Laughlin Award, the O.B. Hardison Jr. Prize, and the Mark Twain Award, given by the Poetry Foundation in recognition of a poet's contribution to humor in American poetry. He's the author of eight books of poetry, three essay collections and a craft book.