Background
Hirshfield, Jane B. was born on February 24, 1953 in New York City. Daughter of Robert L. and Harriet Esther (Miller) Hirshfield.
(Grounded in a series of mediations upon the life of the f...)
Grounded in a series of mediations upon the life of the feeling heart in the world, Jane Hirshfield's long-awaited third collection of poetry explores the ways that radiance dwells most truly in the ordinary, the difficult, and the plain.
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( In this luminous and authoritative new collection, Jane...)
In this luminous and authoritative new collection, Jane Hirshfield presents an ever-deepening and altering comprehension of human existence in poems utterly unique, as William Matthews once wrote of her work, in their "praise of ceaseless mutability as life's central splendor." In poems complex in meaning yet clear in statement and depiction, Hirshfield explores questions of identity, aging, death, and of time and the variegated gifts brought by its relentless passage. Whether meditating upon a button, the role of habit in our lives, or the elusive nature of our relationship to sleep, Hirshfield brings each subject into a surprising and magnified existence.
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Hirshfield, Jane B. was born on February 24, 1953 in New York City. Daughter of Robert L. and Harriet Esther (Miller) Hirshfield.
AB magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1973.
Lecturer University San Francisco, since 1991. Visiting associate professor University California Berkeley, 1995. Advisory board Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, California, since 1988.
Steering committee Pen Am. Center West Coast branch, Berkeley, 1991-1994. Adjunct professor Northern Michigan University, Marquette, 1994, University Minnesota, Duluth, 1995, University California, Berkeley, 1995.
Visiting professor University Cincinnati, 2000. Faculty writing seminars Bennington (Vermont) College, since 1998.
( In this luminous and authoritative new collection, Jane...)
(Grounded in a series of mediations upon the life of the f...)
Fellow: Academy American Poets.