Poetry. "Individually powerful and collectively poignant, these poems explore the world of the male in pain, and his struggle to understand why. This poetry strives for an appreciation of what it means to be raised male in America in the past half-century, both considering generations of deep, Irish ambivalence and recent, personal relationships gone awry. Either way, any notions about masculinity or identity that readers of either sex bring to these poems will be challenged"--Peter F. Murphy, author of Studs, Tools, and the Family Jewels: Metaphors Men Live By. Paul Hogan is a poet and vice president of the John R. Oishei Foundation.

Author City: Buffalo, NY USA

Paul T. Hogan has been with The John R. Oishei Foundation for over seven years, and was appointed Vice President in 2008. He had more than 18 years of non-profit experience prior to being hired by the Foundation, and at the time he was recruited, he worked on the development of community health initiatives, program and resource development, and research administration for Kaleida Health. He has Bachelor and Master of Arts Degrees in English and Creative Writing from the University at Buffalo, where he held the David Gray Fellowship in Poetry and Letters under the internationally acclaimed late poet Robert Creeley. Paul has a son at Canisius College and a daughter at Kenmore West High School and lives in Kenmore with his wife, Barbara.