Strangers

About the Book

Strangers is a collection of poetry with topics ranging from divorce to homelessness to brutality to survival, written in various styles from blues to haiku. Published for the first time -- marking, indeed, as André R. Hogan II’s debut – Strangers is of testimony for individuals, whether of kin or otherwise, who share commonalities in regards to adversary, dignity and identity. It is a work that speaks of the kinds of adversaries that threaten to not only belittle one’s dignity but of that very person’s identity.

About the Author

André Richardson Hogan II was born in 1978 in Chicago. He is a playwright, screenwriter, poet, essayist, visual artist, and theater critic. His plays have received stage readings and productions in numerous theaters such as the Field Museum of Natural History, the American Theater Company, and Black Ensemble Theater (BET). Several poems have been published such as in Many Mountains Moving and Segue. Commissioned plays include works for the American Theater Company and Black Ensemble Theater. In 2001, Hogan received his B.A. in Liberal Arts from Columbia College, Chicago. He was a resident playwright at Timber Lake Playhouse Playwrights Colony in Mt. Carroll, IL., and is currently a member of the Black Playwrights Initiative (BPI) in association with the Black Ensemble Theater, the Chicago Midwest Playwrights Guild as well as Magnified Gift Theater Company. He resides at Hyde Park in Chicago.