Jane Hirshfield is the author of nine books of poetry and two collections of essays. She has edited and co-translated four books presenting the work of world poets from the past. Her books have received the Poetry Center Book Award, the California Book Award, and the Donald Hal-Jane Kenyon Prize in American Poetry. Her poems appear in a wide range of prestigious outlets. A resident of Northern California, she is a chancellor emerita of the Academy of American Poets. She presents her work at literary and interdisciplinary events worldwide. Her many oetry books include The October Palace (HarperCollins 1994), Ten Windows: How Great Poems Transform the World (Alfred A. Knopf 2015), The Beauty: Poems (Alfred A. Knopf 2015) and Ledger (Alfred A. Knopf 2020)

Interview Date: 5/9/2015 Tags: Jane Hirshfield, unkindness, uncertainty, doorway, I Profess the Uncertain, Two Linen Handkerchiefs, Eros, taking stock, My Life Was the Size of My Life, perspective, poetry as a conversation, Perspective: An Assay, Arts & Creativity, Philosophy