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Latest News

Feb.09.2013
COME, THIEF now out in paperback
Jane Hirshfield's most recent poetry book, Come, Thief, was released in...
Feb.09.2013
New Yorker Poem in 2/11 & 17 anniversary issue
"I Wanted Only A Little"  appears in the 2/11 & 17 Anniversary...
Sep.24.2012
TED ED Lesson on metaphor just posted
TED ED just posted "The Art of the Metaphor" in their new series of...
Sep.14.2012
Poetry Magazine, five new poems
Through Sept, five poems that open the current issue of Poetry can be...
Apr.16.2012
NY Times Op Ed Poems for April 15 by Jane Hirshfield and others
  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/opinion/sunday/at-tax-time-no-...
Jan.17.2012
New Academy of American Poets Chancellor: Jane Hirshfield
The Academy of American Poets announced today the election of three new...
Nov.08.2011
The Heart of Haiku named an Amazon Best Book of 2011
2011 saw the launch of Amazon's Kindle Singles program--e-...
The Heart of Haiku named an Amazon Best Book of 2011
Nov.08.2011
The Heart of Haiku named a Ten Best Kindle Single of 2011
2011 saw the launch of Amazon's Kindle Singles program--e-...
The Heart of Haiku named a Ten Best Kindle Single of 2011
Sep.21.2011
"I Ran Out Naked In the Sun" on Garrison Keillor's Writers Almanac
"I Ran Out Naked in the Sun" from Come, Thief, read by Garrison Keillor...
Sep.21.2011
"Three-Legged Blues" on Writers Almanac
Garrison Keillor reads "Three-Legged Blues" from Come, Thief on the...
Jane Hirshfield

Published Reviews

Come, Thief
Apr.11.2013
Come, Thief
Published by The Christian Science Monitor
  Subscribe and save 75 %   Come, Thief Jane Hirshfield's poetry gives eloquent voice to moments, creatures, and landscapes often overlooked. By...
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Upcoming Events

Napa Valley Writers Conference with Jane Hirshfield and Others
Start: 28 Jul 2013 - 5:00 pm
End: 02 Aug 2013 - 1:00 pm
St Helena, CA

Past Events

Jane Hirshfield in Minneapolis April 15, Plymouth Church
15 Apr 2013 - 7:00 pm
Minneapolis, MN
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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...
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Causes Jane Hirshfield Supports

Seva Foundation
Amnesty International
International Campaign for Tibet
Greenpeace
Mercy Corps