Priest turned therapist treats fear of God : poems
Title:
Priest turned therapist treats fear of God : poems
Author:
Hoagland, Tony, author.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Poems. Selections
Publication Information:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [2018]
©2018
Physical Description:
74 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:
Tony 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 Priest Turned Therapist Treats Fear of God turn his clear-eyed vision toward the hidden spaces--and spaciousness--in the human predicament.
Language:
English
Contents:
I. Entangle -- A walk around the property -- The romance of the tree -- Happy and free -- Which would you prefer, a story or an explanation? -- Nobility -- No thank you -- Proof of life -- Distant regard -- Priest turned therapist treats fear of God -- II. In the waiting room with Leonard Cohen -- Ten question for the New Age -- Ten reasons why we cannot seem to make progress -- Epistle of momentary generosity -- A short history of modern art -- Theater piece -- Couture -- An ordinary night in Athens, Ohio -- Inexhaustible resource -- Achilles -- Examples of justice -- Better than expected -- III. The truth -- Frog song -- Scotch tape -- Playboy -- Dinner guest -- Rain-father -- Moment in the conversation -- Marriage song -- Trying to keep you happy -- Taking my medicine -- The third dimension -- The classics -- IV. Upward -- Good people -- Cause of death: Fox News -- Real estate -- Legend -- Data rain -- Confusion of privilege -- Hope -- I have good news -- Into the mystery.
ISBN:
9781555978075
Format :
Book
