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 mordant humor the reality of living and dying in a time and culture that conspire to erase our inner lives. Hoagland’s signature wit and unparalleled observations take in long-standing injustices, the atrocities of American empire and consumerism, and our ongoing habit of looking away. In these poems, perseverance depends on a gymnastics of skepticism and comedy, a dogged quest for authentic connection, and the consolations of the natural world. Turn Up the Ocean is a remarkable and moving collection, a fitting testament to Hoagland’s devotion to the capaciousness and art of poetry.
Tony Hoagland Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Anthony Dey Hoagland vyrastal na rôznych vojenských základniach na juhu Spojených štátov, kde slúžil jeho otec ako armádny lekár. Jeho rozsiahle vzdelanie zahŕňalo štúdium na Williams College, University of Iowa a University of Arizona, kde získal titul MFA. Predtým, než sa plne venoval písaniu, vyskúšal si rôzne životné cesty, vrátane práce na farmách na severozápade a života v komunitách. Hoagland sa tiež podieľal na výučbe kreatívneho písania na University of Houston, kde ovplyvnil generácie budúcich autorov svojím jedinečným pohľadom na svet.
