{"product_id":"donkey-gospel-poems-9781555972684","title":"Donkey Gospel: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1997 James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Donkey Gospel, his second collection of poems, Hoagland's generous effervescence and a jujitsu cleverness sparkle through line after line confronting negotiation and compromise, gender and culture, sex and rock music, sons and lovers, truth and beauty, and so forth. From the boy who speaks only in \"Kung Fu\" dialogue to the guy who visits a lesbian bar and sees his mother, this often funny and always thoughtful book of poems offers fresh, surprisingly frank meditations on the credentials for contemporary manhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Hoagland\u003c\/b\u003e's first book, \u003ci\u003eSweet Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e, was awarded the Brittingham Prize in Poetry and the Zacharis Award from \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e at Emerson College. A member of the writing faculty at the University of Pittsburg, Hoagland has also received grants from the NEA and the Guggenheim Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527824347410,"sku":"9781555972684","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e751623-bcc2-4efb-82ab-bdd3323cfe24.jpg?v=1731314860","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/donkey-gospel-poems-9781555972684","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}