Holy Tango of Literature is a 2004 anthology of absurdist poetry and drama in the style of various poets and playwrights, written by Francis Heaney with illustrations by Richard Thompson.[1] It was published by Emmis Books, after some of its content originally appeared in Modern Humorist in 2000 and 2001;[2] Heaney subsequently released it online under the Creative Commons license.
The content is dedicated to anagrams (hence the title: "Holy Tango" is an anagram of "anthology"), with each work's title being an anagram of a noted poet or playwright's name. The content of the work is based on that title, and written to mimic one of the original author's most noted works. For example, Gerard Manley Hopkins is anagrammed into "Kong Ran My Dealership", which parodies Hopkins' The Windhover, and describes how King Kong was hired to manage a car dealership.