Wilton Library Presents The Poetry of Edward Hirsch on June 6 via Zoom

Please join us online as Janet Krauss leads a discussion of a selection of poems by Edward Hirsch. A readings packet will be emailed in advance of the program.

 

The novelist Jhumpa Lahiri pointedly says of Edward Hirsch’s poetic voice that it is “intimate but restrained, tender without being sentimental,” and that he “witnesses life without flinching.” We will experience these qualities as we read his poems. He said of his own poems that he had “the true voice of feeling.” His long poem about the death of his son Gabriel, published in 2014, is considered “a masterpiece of sorrow.”

 

Hirsch won many awards, and as a critic for The Washington Post, he reached out to poets and to those unfamiliar with poetry in a regular column on poetry and poets.

Janet Krauss, who has two books of poetry published, “Borrowed Scenery,” Yuganta Press, and “Through the Trees of Autumn,” Spartina Press, has recently retired from teaching English at Fairfield University. 

 

Advance registration required in order to receive Zoom link and readings packet. Register & see details.