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Application for Release from the Dream: Poems Paperback – September 1, 2015

by Tony Hoagland (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars 121 ratings
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The eagerly awaited, brilliant, and engaging new poems by Tony Hoagland, author of What Narcissism Means to Me

The parade for the slain police officer
goes past the bakery

and the smell of fresh bread
makes the mourners salivate against their will.

―from "Note to Reality"

Are we corrupt or innocent, fragmented or whole? Are responsibility and freedom irreconcilable? Do we value memory or succumb to our forgetfulness? Application for Release from the Dream, Tony Hoagland's fifth collection of poems, pursues these questions with the hobnailed abandon of one who needs to know how a citizen of twenty-first-century America can stay human. With whiplash nerve and tender curiosity, Hoagland both surveys the damage and finds the wonder that makes living worthwhile. Mirthful, fearless, and precise, these poems are full of judgment and mercy.

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    96 pages
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    Graywolf Press
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    September 1, 2015
  5. Dimensions
    6.04 x 0.29 x 8.89 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1555977189
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1555977184
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“Few [poets] deliver more pure pleasure. His erudite comic poems are backloaded with heartache and longing, and they function, emotionally, like improvised explosive devices.” ―Dwight Garner, The New York Times on Tony Hoagland

“Tony Hoagland is a provocateur, a brash interventionist, a deeply engaged Whitmanian poet and critic who poses, like the master, as ‘one of the roughs.'” ―Edward Hirsch on Tony Hoagland

About the Author

Tony Hoagland is the author of four previous poetry collections, including Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty and What Narcissism Means to Me, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is also the author of two collections of essays, Twenty Poems That Could Save America and Other Essays and Real Sofistikashun: Essays on Poetry and Craft. He has received the Jackson Poetry Prize from Poets & Writers, the Mark Twain Award from the Poetry Foundation, and the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize from the Folger Shakespeare Library. He teaches at the University of Houston and in the low-residency MFA program at Warren Wilson College. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Graywolf Press; First Edition (September 1, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1555977189
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1555977184
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.04 x 0.29 x 8.89 inches
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TONY HOAGLAND (1953-2018) was the award-winning author of seven books of poetry, including Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God; What Narcissism Means to Me, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Donkey Gospel, winner of the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. He was also the author of four books about poetry, including The Art of Voice: Poetic Principles and Practice, and Twenty Poems That Could Save American and Other Essays. He has received the Mark Twain Award from the Poetry Foundation, the Jackson Poetry Prize, and the O.B. Hardison Jr. Prize for excellence in teaching.

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  • D. Guenther
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tony Hoagland's poetry captures a sense of our culture in a way unlike any other contemporary poet.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2015
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    Tony Hoagland's poetry captures a sense of our culture in a way unlike any other contemporary poet. To say that the powerful poems in this book are unique, and layered with both psychological and spiritual dimensions, would be an understatement. Collectively, there is a poignancy common to the poems, many presented as narratives, personal histories retold that are comic, sad, and biting. One of Tony Hoagland's greatest poetic gifts is how he summons the underlying sentiments that pervade our lives with poems that have a wide audience appeal. This poet is someone worth reading, his poetry authentic, moving, and worthy of our respect. Dan Guenther
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  • interested party
    5.0 out of 5 stars Hoagland is consistently one of the best, most surprising poets around
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2016
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    Hoagland is consistently one of the best, most surprising poets around. His poems are funny the way life can be funny -- not ha-ha funny but in the very real and odd way life twists and turns. You would think at some point he would go all in for the joke, but he never loses his very subtle and unnerving grasp of the deeply human tension in even the most trivial events. his books just keep getting better and better. This is no exception to that rule.
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  • SaguaroGeorge
    5.0 out of 5 stars To be read with caution
    Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2020
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    Five stars for quality – Hoagland was a significant poet. But caution: if you have any suicidal tendencies, you may wish to consult your therapist before exposing yourself to his poetry. Yes, there is humor, and many a fine turn of phrase, but, in his own language:

    “Underneath the smile is bitterness, and underneath the bitterness is grief, and underneath the grief the desire to survive at any cost.” Airport, p. 41.

    That is an excellent description of Hoagland’s poetry, but the survival part can get lost in the midst of the bitterness and grief, so be careful.
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  • charlene ann james
    4.0 out of 5 stars Bright light
    Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019
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    Much like Billy Collins style, just right for occasional reading, thoughtful
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  • K.B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely and cynical.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018
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    Related to me on a spiritual level. Very cynical, and that's the mood I wanted to be in when I read it. Even poems I couldn't relate to content-wise (lots of stuff about divorce) I related to emotions-wise. One of my favorite books of poetry.
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  • Charles E Collyer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Down to earth
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019
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    I read this book by Tony Hoagland because, upon his death, a friend posted on FB about how much she liked his work and would miss looking forward to his new poems. I like it too, and understand her feeling. His language is uncluttered and captures everyday experience in a refreshing way.
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  • Paul McDonald
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2020
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    Wonderful poetry!
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  • Lori D Widmer
    5.0 out of 5 stars You had me at the word "Application"
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2016
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    Wow. Can I have a crush on a poet after reading one poem? I do now, but it doesn't end at one poem. Tony Hoagland has created 81 pages of perfection in poetic form. Seeing the world through his eyes is an incredible high -- simple scenes elevated by observations laced with humor and reality. Tony Hoagland, you get us.
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  • John Faithful Hamer
    5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC HOAGLAND
    Reviewed in Canada on November 17, 2019
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    One of Hoagland’s wisest works. These are the reflections of a dying man who regrets much, and nothing, at one and the same time.
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  • Kalindi
    5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2021
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    Interesting book, thanks
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