Tony Hoagland (1953-2018) was born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and earned a BA from the University of Iowa and an MFA from the University of Arizona. His first collection, Sweet Ruin (University of Wisconsin Press, 1992), was chosen by Donald Justice for the Brittingham Prize in Poetry. Donkey Gospel (Graywolf Press, 1998) received the James Laughlin Award, and What Narcissism Means to Me (Graywolf, 2003) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He also published essay collections on poetry and craft. His honors include the Mark Twain Award and the Jackson Poetry Prize.
