New Academy of American Poets Chancellor: Jane Hirshfield
The Academy of American Poets announced today the election of three new Chancellors. Toi Derricotte, Jane Hirshfield, and Arthur Sze replace outgoing chancellors Rita Dove, Kay Ryan, and Gerald Stern. For more, see
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/34
Poems that brilliantly portray even mundane experiences as if they were nothing short of revelation”
—The Washington Post
About Jane
Jane Hirshfield, whose work has been called “passionate and radiant” by the New York Times Book Review, is the author of seven books of poems, most recently Come, Thief (Knopf, 2011) and After (HarperCollins, 2006; Bloodaxe Books (UK), 2006), which was named...
Causes Jane Hirshfield Supports
Seva Foundation
Amnesty International
International Campaign for Tibet
Greenpeace
Mercy Corps