EDWARD HIRSCH, a Chicago native and MacArthur Fellow, has published ten books of poetry, including The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems and Gabriel: A Poem, a book-length elegy for his son. He has also published eight books of prose, among them How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry, a national bestseller, and 100 Poems to Break Your Heart. He has received numerous prizes, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Jewish Book Award. He taught at Wayne State University and the University of Houston. Since 2003, Hirsch has been president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He lives in Brooklyn.
