Wild Gratitude

Edward Hirsch has published five previous books of poems:
FOR THE SLEEPWALKERS (1981), WILD GRATITUDE
(1986), which won the National Book
Critics Circle Award, THE NIGHT PARADE (1989),
EARTHLY MEASURES (1994), and ON LOVE (1998).
He has also written three prose books, including HOW TO
READ A POEM AND FALL IN LOVE WITH POETRY
(1999), a national bestseller, and THE DEMON AND THE
ANGEL: SEARCHING FOR THE SOURCE OF
ARTISTIC INSPIRATION (2002). A frequent contributor
to leading magazines and periodicals, including THE NEW
YORKER, DOUBLETAKE, and AMERICAN POETRY
REVIEW, he also writes the Poet's Choice column for the
WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD. He has received
the Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American
Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature, and a
MacArthur Fellowship. He teaches at the University of
Houston.