Hirshfield, Jane.

Nine Gates. Entering the Mind of Poetry.

First Edition. New York, Harper Collins, 1998. Octavo. IX, 228 pages. Original Softcover. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear and some slight staining to the cover. This book of essays focuses on the art and craft of poetry.

Jane Hirshfield was born on East 20th Street, New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in the school’s first graduating class to include women. Never a full-time academic, Hirshfield has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, The Bennington Writing Seminars, and as the Elliston Visiting Poet at the University of Cincinnati. She was the Hellman Visiting Artist in 2013 in the Neuroscience Department at University of California, San Francisco, and Stanford University’s 2016 Mohr Visiting Professor in Poetry. Hirshfield’s poetry reflects her immersion in a wide range of poetic traditions, both Asian and Western, interests found also in the essays of Nine Gates and Ten Windows. Polish, Scandinavian, and Eastern European poets have been particularly important to her, along with the poetry of Japan and China. Zbigniew Herbert’s poem, “Pebble” was an influence on Hirshfield’s small studies, also called pebbles, included in After and Come, Thief. (Wikipedia).

• Keywords: From the Archive / Library of John and Hilary Wakeman [Poetry Magazine THE SHOP] · John & Hilary Wakeman Poetry Collection · Library & Collection Building · Poetry – Rare · Wakeman Poetry Collection & Archive
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780060929480
• Inventory Number: 43390AB