The Underground Poetry Metro Transportation System for Souls

Essays on the Cultural Life of Poetry

Tony Hoagland author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Michigan Press

Published:23rd Oct '19

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The Underground Poetry Metro Transportation System for Souls collects 16 essays by late Tony Hoagland. Gathered by Hoagland himself into a volume for the Poets on Poetry series, these pieces grapple with an expansive range of poetic and cultural concerns—and the surprising and necessary knowledge to be found where they cross paths. His trademark humor and irony, at once approachable, thoughtful, and sophisticated, lead the way toward clear-eyed, sometimes difficult, considerations of contemporary American culture. Through his curiosity, he elevates the seemingly quotidian into a profound subject worthy of close consideration. Hoagland’s generosity of spirit imbues his work with empathy for experiences beyond his own, and his honesty allows him to turn a critical eye on himself and to acknowledge the limits of his understanding. This collection will be rewarding not just for readers of contemporary poetry, but for anyone who wants to step back, take a look at our American reality, and know we’ll be okay.

Praise for Tony Hoagland:
“Tony Hoagland’s imagination ranges thrillingly across manners, morals, sexual doings, kinds of speech both lyrical and candid, intimate as well as wild.”
—The American Academy of Arts and Letters


“Hoagland’s verse is consistently, and crucially, bloodied by a sense of menace and by straight talk.”
The New York Times


“Hoagland’s work is refreshingly accessible without compromising sophistication or a complexity of thought.”
Publishers Weekly

ISBN: 9780472037575

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164 pages