Tony Hoagland’s Poems are Tools for Contemporary America by Christopher McDermott LRR, February 13, 2016February 8, 2025 “We just want to be manipulated with a little fucking consideration” —Tony Hoagland from Application for Release from the Dream Tony Hoagland’s poetry doesn’t mince words but it will proudly mince people and ideas. He can be funny and saddening, often in the same line. His fifth collection, Application for… Continue Reading
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don’t Touch It! Review by Rebecca Nelson LRR, February 13, 2016February 8, 2025 **Editor’s Note: This is a special review serving as a throwback to our high school selves and their favorite books. Have you ever had an intensely realistic dream that you forget the moment you wake up, only to forever feel as though you’d had an epiphany about the meaning of… Continue Reading