Donkey Gospel: Poems by Tony Hoagland

In Tony Hoagland's Donkey Gospel: Book of Poetry; his effervescence and a jujitsu cleverness sparkle through poems about negotiation and compromise, gender and culture, sex and rock and roll.

From the boy who speaks only in Kung Fu dialogue to a man visiting a lesbian bar; Hoagland gives a sense of finally being able to tell the truth about the credentials for contemporary manhood.