Branch Library
"Branch Library", from Special Orders by Edward Hirsch, copyright © 2003 by Edward Hirsch. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.
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Poet Edward Hirsch b. 1950
POET’S REGION U.S., Midwestern
Subjects Living, School & Learning, Cities & Urban Life, Social Commentaries, Youth, Activities, Poetry & Poets, Arts & Sciences, Indoor Activities
Biography
Poet and author Edward Hirsch has built a reputation as an attentive and elegant writer and reader of poetry. Over the course of eight collections of poetry, four books of criticism, and the long-running “Poet’s Choice” column in the Washington Post, Hirsch has transformed the quotidian into poetry in his own work, as well as demonstrated his adeptness at explicating the nuances and shades of feeling, tradition, and craft at . . .
Poems by Edward Hirsch
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SUBJECT Living, School & Learning, Cities & Urban Life, Social Commentaries, Youth, Activities, Poetry & Poets, Arts & Sciences, Indoor Activities
POET’S REGION U.S., Midwestern
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