2019
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An award-winning poet, teacher, and “champion of poetry” (Neil Genzlinger, New York Times ) demystifies the elusive element of voice. In this accessible and distilled craft guide, acclaimed poet Tony Hoagland approaches poetry through the frame of poetic voice, that mysterious connective element that binds the speaker and reader together. In short, essayistic chapters and an appendix of thirty stimulating exercises, The Art of Voice explores the myriad ways to create a distinctive poetic voice, including vernacular, authoritative statement, speech register, tone-shifting, and using secondary voices. “Rich with lively examples” ( New York Times Book Review ), The Art of Voice provides a compelling introduction to contemporary poetry and an invaluable guide for any practicing writer.
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Author
Tony Hoagland
Author · 15 books
Anthony Dey Hoagland's father was an Army doctor and Hoagland grew up on various military bases throughout the South. He was educated at Williams College, the University of Iowa (B.A.), and the University of Arizona (M.F.A.). According to the novelist Don Lee, Hoagland "attended and dropped out of several colleges, picked apples and cherries in the Northwest, lived in communes, [and:] followed the Grateful Dead . . ." He taught at the University of Houston creative writing program.
