What is the author's style in The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing by Richard Hugo?

Hugo is both a poet and a creative writing teacher. He studied writing under Roethke, a fellow poet who taught at the University of Washington. Hugo has published many poems, a few of which are included in "The Triggering Town." As a poet Hugo has both university and "real world" experience in life. He served in the armed forces in Italy during World War II and also worked at an aircraft factory for Boeing before becoming a writing teacher.