{"product_id":"application-for-release-from-the-dream-poems","title":"Application for Release from the Dream Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tony Hoagland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Macmillan, 2015-09\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe eagerly awaited, brilliant, and engaging new poems by Tony Hoagland, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Narcissism Means to Me\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe parade for the slain police officer\u003cbr\u003egoes past the bakery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand the smell of fresh bread\u003cbr\u003emakes the mourners salivate against their will.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—from \"Note to Reality\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAre we corrupt or innocent, fragmented or whole? Are responsibility and freedom irreconcilable? Do we value memory or succumb to our forgetfulness? \u003ci\u003eApplication for Release from the Dream,\u003c\/i\u003e Tony Hoagland's fifth collection of poems, pursues these questions with the hobnailed abandon of one who needs to know how a citizen of twenty-first-century America can stay human. With whiplash nerve and tender curiosity, Hoagland both surveys the damage and finds the wonder that makes living worthwhile. Mirthful, fearless, and precise, these poems are full of judgment and mercy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132499148969,"sku":"PHBK-9781555977184","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/27421453482741.jpg?v=1780114208","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/application-for-release-from-the-dream-poems","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}