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I would like to speak in my poems with what the Romantic poets called the true voice of feeling. I believe, as Ezra Pound once said, that when it comes to poetry, only emotion endures.
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A Four-Session Online Course with Edward Hirsch (New Event!)
Read More: A Four-Session Online Course with Edward Hirsch (New Event!)Four sessions: March 12, March 19 March 26 April 2 Bonus session with poet Joy Harjo April 9 Sessions will…
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Events for The Heart of American Poetry
Read More: Events for The Heart of American PoetryEvents for The Heart of American Poetry Edward Hirsch Starting Wednesday, March 12 A Four-Session Online Course with Edward Hirsch…
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EDWARD HIRSCH’S 100 POEMS TO BREAK YOUR HEART
Read More: EDWARD HIRSCH’S 100 POEMS TO BREAK YOUR HEARTThe Writers Studio Reading Series Celebrates EDWARD HIRSCH’S 100 POEMS TO BREAK YOUR HEART Readings & Conversations with a Star-Studded Lineup of Poets SUNDAY,…
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Edward Hirsch, a Chicago native and MacArthur Fellow, is a celebrated poet and tireless advocate for poetry.
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The trademarks of his poems are things I strive to bring to my own writing: to be intimate but restrained, to be tender without being sentimental, to witness life without flinching, and above all, to isolate and preserve those details of our existence so often overlooked, so easily forgotten, so essential to our souls.
— Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
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