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Title: ugh
Review: The banality, tunelessness, and all-around god-awfulness of Tony Hoagland's poetry is almost heart-breaking, but the high self-regard with which they are written relieves the reader of any compassion for the writer. I heard him read in Pittsburgh, and he was little more than a bundle of affectations. The poems themselves are merely strings of quips and pedestrian observations and sophomoric editorializings. He has no eye and no ear. Any discerning reader will feel cheapened after spending time with these poems.
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