Turn Up the Ocean by Tony Hoagland Graham Fulton he finds himself face to

he finds himself face to face with the prospect of his own death

As she writes in the remarkable title poem

” - Bernadine Evaristo

But the poems go further

Turn Up the Ocean by Tony Hoagland Graham Fulton he finds himself face toAmericas 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