Tony Hoagland's latest book of poems, Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, was published in 2010. His recognitions include the Jackson Poetry Prize, the O.B. Hardisson Award, and the Mark Twain Poetry Award. In 2005 his book of essays about poetry and craft, Real Sofistakashun, was published. He teaches in the writing program at the University of Houston.

The author will be available to sign books after the reading. As always, books are available for purchase in the Museum Store.

UMMA is pleased to be the site for the Department of English Program in Creative Writing Zell Visiting Writers Series, which brings outstanding writers each semester. The Series is made possible through a generous gift from UM alumna Helen Zell (’64). For more information, please see www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/mfaeve.asp.