Wild Gratitude

Edward Hirsch (born January 20, 1950, in Chicago) is an American poet and critic renowned for his elegiac and accessible verse. Among his most notable works are the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poetry collection Wild Gratitude (1986), the elegy Gabriel: A Poem (2014), and the bestselling prose guide How to Read a Poem (And Fall in Love with Poetry) (1999); he has received a MacArthur Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and serves as president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.