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Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

34 min

Edward Hirsch joins Kevin Young to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1977/07/04/96-vandam">96 Vandam</a>,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1991/11/25/man-on-a-fire-escape">Man on a Fire Escape</a>.” Hirsch's honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honor, and a National Jewish Book Award.

Edward Hirsch joins Kevin Young to read “96 Vandam,” by Gerald Stern, and his own poem “Man on a Fire Escape.” Hirsch's honors include a MacArthur Fellowship, a National Book Critics Circle Award, the Pablo Neruda International Presidential Medal of Honor, and a National Jewish Book Award.


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