I woke this winter morning to the smell of the sea and hummed a song for nothing how nothing came to me.
— “Troubadour Song”

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Stranger By Night

  • Poetry
  • February 2020

In his seventieth year, the award-winning poet looks back on what was and accepts what is, in a deeply moving and beautiful sequence about what sustains him.

  • Pages: 80
  • Publisher: Knopf (February 11, 2020)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-13: 978-0525657781

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Edward Hirsch

Edward Hirsch, a Chicago native and MacArthur Fellow, is a celebrated poet and tireless advocate for poetry. Since 2003, he has been president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He has received numerous prizes, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pablo Neruda Presidential Medal of Honor, and the National Jewish Book Award.

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