Turn Up the Ocean by Tony Hoagland Graham Fulton both written after the fall

both written after the fall of the Iron Curtain while Blandiana was actively and selflessly involved in the public sphere as President of the Civic Alliance (1990-2001)

His first two collections were Poetry Book Society Recommendations: Thinking of Happiness

danger and belonging - and a world that has been distinctly broken into a 'before' and 'after' by the pandemic

But the poems go further

Akbar responds with prayer as an act of devotion to dissonance - the infinite void of a loved one's absence

Turn Up the Ocean by Tony Hoagland Graham Fulton both written after the fallAmericas Tony Hoagland (1953 2018) was known for provocative poems which interrogate human nature and contemporary culture with an intimate and wild urgency, located somewhere between outrage, stand up comedy, and grief. The poems in his final collection Turn Up the Ocean examine with an unflinching eye and mordant humour the reality of living and dying in a time and culture that conspire to erase our inner lives. Hoaglands signature wit and