{"product_id":"hoagland-tony-recent-chapb","title":"Hoagland, Tony: Recent Changes in the Vernacular","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlue Edge Books, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: March 15, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__block product__description type-body-regular rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou, Beast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__block product__description type-body-regular rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTony 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44711330218007,"sku":"9798985435740","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/9798985435740ita_618x_8eb8e953-103c-4c61-9238-60aa23f953ed.jpg?v=1772933205","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/hoagland-tony-recent-chapb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}