Notable Chicago: 5/31–6/6
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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...moreThere are dark forces roiling beneath the surface of American life.
...moreEllen F. Brown reviews Tony Hoagland’s Application for Release from the Dream today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreTony Hoagland discusses his latest collection, Application for Release from the Dream, the value of poetry, why he doesn’t fear becoming overconfident, and the definition of American spirituality.
...moreJonathan Russell Clark reviews Twenty Poems That Could Save America and Other Essays by Tony Hoagland today in Rumpus Books.
...moreIn February at the AWP Conference in Washington D.C., Claudia Rankine gave a talk about Tony Hoagland’s poem “The Change.” Afterward, she posted a call for responses to the conversation that started at AWP, and today she posted those responses here. Included among them is a piece by Rumpus reviewer and Poetry Book Club Board […]
...moreEditor’s note: If you want some background on this, you can go to Claudia Rankine’s site and click on the “AWP” link. Dear friends, As many of you know I responded to Tony Hoagland’s poem “The Change” at AWP. I also solicited from Tony a response to my response. Many informal conversations have been taking […]
...moreA metaphorical review of Tony Hoagland’s Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, in which Johnny Rocket, Britney Spears, and the Saudi Monarchy play a crucial role in American poetry.
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