Hoagland

Tony Hoagland wins a prize

In Hoagland on 26 April 2008 with no comments

Tony Hoagland was awarded the second annual Jackson Poetry Prize a few weeks ago. It provides $50,000 to a poet who, despite having published at least one book of poetry, has yet to receive national attention (and, no, I don’t know what “national attention” means on the poetry scene).
The judges’ commendation reads as follows:
“It’s [...]