The Music: New and Selected Poems 1973-2023
by Everett Hoagland

Poetry collection by Everett Hoagland, winner of the 2023 American Book Award. The collection spans 50 years of the poet’s work. Everett Hoagland was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but has lived in New Bedford since 1973 where he was that city’s first Poet Laureate, 1994-1998. He was a full-time educator for four decades and is Professor Emeritus at the nearby University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts where during his 30-year career there he created and sustained four different African American literature classes in addition to his poetry writing workshops.

“The passion of Everett Hoagland’s social and historical consciousness match the skill of his lyrical command and the brilliance of his imagination.” — Clarence Major