{"product_id":"priest-turned-therapist-treats-fear-of-god-poems-9781555978075","title":"Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Hoagland's verse is consistently, and crucially, bloodied by a sense of menace and by straight talk.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMy heroes are the ones who don't say much.\u003cbr\u003eThey don't hug people they just met.\u003cbr\u003eThey don't play louder when confused.\u003cbr\u003eThey use plain language even when they listen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWisdom doesn't come to every Californian.\u003cbr\u003eChances are I too\u003cbr\u003ewill die with difficulty in the dark. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you want to see a lost civilizaton, \u003cbr\u003ewhy not look in the mirror?\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to talk about love, why not begin\u003cbr\u003ewith those marigolds you forgot to water? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--from \"Real Estate\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTony Hoagland's poems interrogate human nature and contemporary culture with an intimate and wild urgency, located somewhere between outrage, stand-up comedy, and grief. His new poems are no less observant of the human and the worldly, no less skeptical, and no less amusing, but they have drifted toward the greater depths of open emotion. Over six collections, Hoagland's poetry has gotten bigger, more tender, and more encompassing. The poems in \u003ci\u003ePriest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God \u003c\/i\u003eturn his clear-eyed vision toward the hidden spaces--and spaciousness--in the human predicament.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Hoagland\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five previous poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eApplication for Release from the Dream\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhat Narcissism Means to Me\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524809429266,"sku":"9781555978075","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d9de2a4e-ee83-423e-b7be-e5d67076585b.jpg?v=1731193612","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/priest-turned-therapist-treats-fear-of-god-poems-9781555978075","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}