Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

March 26, 2025

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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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