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Application for Release from the Dream
Application for Release from the Dream: Poems | Tony Hoagland
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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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karenna
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I love the combination of melancholy and dark humor in this collection, which covers a wide array of topics. Some memorable poems for me dealt with relationships issues, language play, class struggles, and environmental destruction.

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kgriffith
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Turns out, my last-minute papers aren‘t actually half-assed; they‘re simply fully developed in my head before they make it to the word doc and just need to be arranged.

julesG 👏👏👏 6y
Christine11 🥂🍾🎉 6y
Chelsey Good job! 👍 6y
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kgriffith
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Yeah, I definitely edited this essay after handing it in, because I‘m THAT geek. 🙄🤓😐

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kgriffith
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Professor overheard me telling a friend in class that “I was late because I couldn‘t put the fucking book down,” and said it was the best excuse he‘d ever heard. #poetrychallenge2018

Jess7 Lmao! I think that is a great excuse!! 😂😂😂 6y
Jess7 @MinDea 😂 6y
kgriffith @Jess7 I thought so too! 🤓😋 6y
MinDea 😆😆😆😆😆@Jess7! 6y
SandyW 😀 6y
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kgriffith
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Tfw you share a poem with someone and they quote the very line that made you displace your cat from your lap so you could retrieve a highlighter 😍 #poetrychallenge2018

Natasha.C.Barnes That is SUCH A GREAT LINE I'm just gonna drop #poetrychallenge2018 here so I can find it later, if that's cool... 6y
kgriffith Absolutely! I‘m in love with this book already... 6y
kgriffith @Natasha.C.Barnes And I totally meant to hashtag it — fixing 😀 6y
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kgriffith
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“ A forty-year-old man stares at a wetsuit on the rack:
Is it too late in life to dress up like a seal and surf?” 🏄🏻 🌊 #poetrychallenge2018

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kgriffith
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I knew the possibility that I was balancing my workload really well was too good to be true: cover to cover read of this one tonight for tomorrow‘s class!

SandyW Good luck! 6y
kgriffith @SandyW Thanks so much! 6y
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Thndrstd
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Tony Hoagland‘s unique vision of the world is on full display in this book, humorous, wry, sometimes confused, sometimes angry. I admit to finding his last two collections a little off the mark, but this one seems a return to form. Sharp poems that stir the mind and soul. Highly recommended.

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JessReads
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And another one...

WordWaller 💖💖💖 8y
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JessReads
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"In some parts of town it was said
you could buy a human kidney, or a heart.
Life was still life, after all:
it was stuffed full of interesting things."

Life at the bookstore is slow on this holiday morning, so I'm settled in with these thought-provoking poems.

WordWaller Omg this is my FAVORITE volume of poetry! 8y
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WordWaller
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This is one of my favorite poetry volumes of all time. Gut wrenching, beautiful, and poignant, these lines will make you THINK. Tony is also one of the nicest poets I've ever met and has such a kind and thoughtful soul. Love love love this book.

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