{"product_id":"real-sofistikashun-essays-on-poetry-and-craft-paperback","title":"Real Sofistikashun: Essays on Poetry and Craft - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Hoagland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe anticipated first collection of essays by celebrated poet Tony Hoagland, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Narcissism Means to Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeanness, the very thing that is unforgivable in human social life, in poetry is thrilling and valuable. Why? Because the willingness to be offensive sets free the ruthless observer in all of us, the spiteful perceptive angel who sees and tells, unimpeded by nicety or second thoughts. There is truth-telling, and more, in meanness.\u003c\/i\u003e --from Negative Capability: How to Talk Mean and Influence People \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTony Hoagland has won The Poetry Foundation's Mark Twain Award, recognizing a poet's contribution to humor in American poetry, and also the Folger Shakespeare Library's O. B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize, the only major award that honors a poet's excellence in teaching. \u003ci\u003eReal Sofistikashun\u003c\/i\u003e, from the title onward, uses Hoagland's signature abilities to entertain and instruct as he forages through central questions about how poems behave and how they are made. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these taut, illuminating essays, Hoagland explores aspects of poetic craft--metaphor, tone, rhetorical and compositional strategies--with the vigorous, conversational style less of the scholar than of the serious enthusiast and practitioner. \u003ci\u003eReal Sofistikashun \u003c\/i\u003eis an exciting, humorous, and provocative collection of essays, as pleasurable a book as it is useful.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTONY HOAGLAND\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of three poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Narcissism Means to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eDonkey Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the James Laughlin Award. He teaches at the University of Houston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.98 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771624227104,"sku":"9781555974558","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/59fbae894efb2c9285efba16919c5b7e.webp?v=1780389828","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/real-sofistikashun-essays-on-poetry-and-craft-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}