Penguin Random House. Is it heresy or reverence to be left speechless by a book of poetry? A masterful collection that demands serious re-reading to get all she has to offer. Refresh and try again. Theater event in Corte Madera, CA by Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe and Jane Hirshfield on Thursday, March 12 2020 With poems smooth and succinct, Ledger is a tender tap on the shoulder, a voice that says “look at this” and “look at that.” Ledger catalogs losses, hidden gains, surprises, rhythms of an aging spirit—found in streams, trees, floorboards, buckets, pockets and birds. Poems that are both timeless and timely. by Knopf Publishing Group. . Cryptic yet banal when decoded. Short, full of images that build to a final line that makes you think, ‘Wow. Lots of mystery and nuance and insight here. A briefly borrowed inheritance; a street-found penny.”. The value of such work is beyond question.” —Magdalena Kay, World Literature Today From the already much-quoted opening lines of despair and defiance ("Let them not say: we did not A book of personal, ecological, and political reckoning from the internationally renowned poet named "among the modern masters" (The Washington Post). After reading the poems in Ledger—a capacious, varied volume—it seems as if ordinary life is richer and deeper than before . But some, like the ones in Jane Hirshfield’s new book, Ledger, are small gifts: morsels of meaning that slide right past your poetry defenses and lodge in your head. Consciousness of environmental destruction and our complicity in it leading to a need to change. Welcome back. She has the ability to weave image, autobiography, nature, politics, and philosophy with just the right words. Hirshfield’s other honors include The Poetry Center Book Award, the California Book Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the 40th Annual Distinguished Achievement Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets, an honor previously received by Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and William Carlos Williams. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. “A new volume of poems by acclaimed poet Jane Hirshfield is an event. Ledger Jane Hirshfield. DAY BEGINNING WITH SEEING THE INTERNATIONAL I hope this book gets nominated by the year's end, if it is not already. From the already much-quoted opening lines of despair and defiance ("Let them not say: we did not see it. She is truly too powerful of a writer if it is gult. But also a celebration of the richness of life. How come I never noticed that before?’, “A writer’s capital is language, which, it seems, is as slippery as any other kind of wealth, as potentially cursed if held without nuance, as transient, as bluntly and inextricably subjective. Photograph by Curt Richter hide caption Jane Hirshfield is the author of nine collections of poetry, including the forthcoming Ledger (Knopf, March 2020), The Beauty (Knopf, 2015), longlisted for the National Book Award, Come Thief (Knopf, August 23, 2011), After (HarperCollins, 2006), which was named a “Best Book of 2006” by The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and England’s Financial Times and shortlisted for England’s T. Jane Hirshfield is the author of nine collections of poetry, including the forthcoming Ledger (Knopf, March 2020), The Beauty (Knopf, 2015), longlisted for the National Book Award, Come Thief (Knopf, August 23, 2011), After (HarperCollins, 2006), which was named a “Best Book of 2006” by The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and England’s Financial Times and shortlisted for England’s T.S. Such depth beneath such plain language, the way each poem directs you out of itself with every line. Knopf, $27.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-5256-5780-4. Ledger's pages hold the most important and masterly work yet by Jane Hirshfield, one of our most celebrated contemporary poets. Ledger's pages hold the most important and masterly work yet by Jane Hirshfield, one of our most celebrated contemporary poets. Start by marking “Ledger: Poems” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Jane Hirshfield is the author of nine books of poetry, including Ledger; The Beauty; Come, Thief; and Given Sugar, Given Salt.She is also the author of two now-classic collections of essays, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry and Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World, and has edited and co-translated four books presenting the work of world poets from the past.

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