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Hogan, Michael Francis was born on July 14, 1943 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Francis Xavier Hogan and Anna Frances Mack.
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2016 marks the 170th anniversary of the year the United States invaded Mexico and declared war on its neighboring Republic. This new book by a noted Ph.D. historian and professor is one of the best books available about relations between the United States and Mexico before, during, and after that war. It shines new light on reasons for the US invasion, opposition by Abraham Lincoln and other politicians to the unjustified and unconstitutional decision by President Polk to unilaterally initiate the war, the importance of the ensuing war against Mexico, the resulting territorial seizures by the United States, the impact both nationally and internationally to both countries, the troubling legacy even today, and the result of silences that have been pervasive over the years regarding this conflict. It examines all aspects of this history based on actual documents in government, university, and private institutions in both the US and Mexico, including citations to these documents and the complete text for many of them in the Appendix. The book covers more than two decades of US history, from 1846 to the immediate aftermath of the Civil War. As such, this outstanding book is a welcome addition to continuing discussion about the roles of the United States and Mexico during two of the most controversial and complex periods in American history, and how decisions made then continue to permeate the daily lives of citizens and residents of both countries.
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(Written for The American Poetry Review by Sam Hamill. “Si...)
Written for The American Poetry Review by Sam Hamill. “Silence is rarely used to better effect that in Michael Hogan’s poems. His new book, Making Our Own Rules, draws from fifteen years of publishing, beginning with pamphlets and chapbooks from Unicorn Press, Gallimaufry and Turkey Press. I wish Hogan had complied a Collected Poems...some of my old favorites are missing. Still, sixty pages of the best of Michael Hogan are very good to have. He paints what he sees—the human agony of the world’s waste. He speaks in the vernacular, his cadence unrushed, and he speaks from direct, personal experience. Hogan appears to come more from a Yeatsian lineage than from the Modernism of Eliot or Pound and the silences between his lines can carry enormous implications. Hogan’s poems are virtually free of the ego and fake emotion, the public posturing and self-regard that infect so much recent poetry. For Hogan to undertake the poem is to undertake the possibility of radical transformation. The humility and compassion of his poems warm me when others leave me chilled to the bone.
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On the eve of Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, a group of recently arrived Irish immigrants deserted the U.S. army and joined the Mexican army as the Saint Patrick's Battalion. This excellent study explores the motivations of the Irishmen, their valiant contributions to the Mexican cause, and the consequences for them when they were ultimately captured. While investigating this, the book asks new questions about Manifest Destiny, anti-Catholicism in the U.S., imperialism and political and cultural dissent. More than a reevaluation of a little-known secret of one of the Northern Hemisphere least-studied wars, it is a compelling narrative of sacrifice and honor.
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(“Hogan’s poems are virtually free of the ego and fake emo...)
“Hogan’s poems are virtually free of the ego and fake emotion, the public posturing and self-regard that infect so much recent poetry. For Hogan to undertake the poem is to undertake the possibility of radical transformation. The humility and compassion of his poems warm me when others leave me chilled to the bone. He rewards the reader with intelligence and warmth and a wide sweep of understanding.” Sam Hamill, American Poetry Review. “This long-awaited gathering of Michael Hogan’s poems contains his most memorable and disturbing work. Hogan built his reputation among small presses and chapbook publishers, creating finely crafted poems full of demonic power and dark beauty. He is a poet who learned the hard way about the saving power of poetry. His presence is troubling because he reminds us that poets who write to cut people with the truth can never go away. Hogan understands what it takes to make us listen and he has never given up.” Ray Gonzalez, Bloomsbury Review
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Hogan, Michael Francis was born on July 14, 1943 in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Francis Xavier Hogan and Anna Frances Mack.
Bachelor, University Arizona, 1977. Master of Fine Arts, University Arizona, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Institute Advanced Studies, 1995.
Associate editor Cold Mountain Press, Austin, Texas, 1975-1977. Consultant Colorado Humaities Program, Boulder, 1977-1978, Western States Arts Foundation, Santa Fe, 1983-1987. Teacher, author Poets in the Schools, Denver, Tucson, 1979-1982, area coordinator San Francisco, 1987-1989.
Head English department Colegio Americano Mexico, since 1990. Reader, consultant National Testing Evs., since 1994.
(2016 marks the 170th anniversary of the year the United S...)
(On the eve of Mexican-American War of 1846-1848, a group ...)
(Written for The American Poetry Review by Sam Hamill. “Si...)
(“Hogan’s poems are virtually free of the ego and fake emo...)
2012Consultant National Endowment Arts, Washington, 1975-1977. Member American Academy Poets, International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Organization American Historians.
Married Jojo Daneker (divorced 1981). Children: Francis Garrison (deceased), Melissa.