Jane Hirshfield’s most
recent books are The
Beauty, longlisted for
the 2015 National
Book Award, and Ten
Windows: How Great
Poems Transform
the World, winner of
the 2015 Northern
California Book Award
(see WLT, May 2015,
120, 126). Her ninth
poetry collection,
Ledger, will appear
in early 2020 from
Knopf. Hirshfield
served as a chancellor
of the Academy of
American Poets from
2012 to 2018.
COVER FEATURE CLIMATE CHANGE | POETRYright The Aquarium,
20" x 24" hand-
painted paper collage
on wood panel,
private collection.
© Elizabeth St. Hilaire
(paperpaintings.com)
HIRSHFIELD PHOTO: NICK ROSZA58 W LT SUMMER 2019