Winner of the 1997 James Laughlin Award of The Academy of American Poets
In 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.
- ISBN10 1555972683
- ISBN13 9781555972684
- Publish Date 1 February 1998 (first published 1 January 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Graywolf Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 72
- Language English