Edward Hirsch, author portrait

Edward Hirsch

EDWARD HIRSCH, a MacArthur Fellow, has published nine previous books of poetry, including The Living FireNew and Selected Poems and GabrielA Poem, a book-length elegy for his son. He has also published seven books of prose, among them How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry, a national bestseller, and 100 Poems to Break Your Heart. He has received numerous prizes, including the National Book Critics Circle Award. A longtime teacher, at Wayne State University and in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, Hirsch is now president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He lives in Brooklyn.

Wed Jul 16
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Google Map

Sun Oct 19 | 10:00 AM
3601 Dempster St
Skokie, IL 60076
Google Map

Fri Nov 07 | 11:00 AM
Jewish Community Center of St. Louis
2 Millstone Campus Dr
St. Louis, MO 63146
Google Map

Events

Wed Jul 16
92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10128
Google Map

Sun Oct 19 | 10:00 AM
3601 Dempster St
Skokie, IL 60076
Google Map

Fri Nov 07 | 11:00 AM
Jewish Community Center of St. Louis
2 Millstone Campus Dr
St. Louis, MO 63146
Google Map

2024 Middle and High School Collections

The Penguin Random House Education Middle School and High School Digital Collections feature outstanding fiction and nonfiction from the children’s, adult, DK, and Grupo Editorial divisions, as well as publishers distributed by Penguin Random House. Peruse online or download these valuable resources to discover great books in specific topic areas such as: English Language Arts,

Read more

PRH Education High School Collections

All reading communities should contain protected time for the sake of reading. Independent reading practices emphasize the process of making meaning through reading, not an end product. The school culture (teachers, administration, etc.) should affirm this daily practice time as inherently important instructional time for all readers. (NCTE, 2019)   The Penguin Random House High

Read more

PRH Education Translanguaging Collections

Translanguaging is a communicative practice of bilinguals and multilinguals, that is, it is a practice whereby bilinguals and multilinguals use their entire linguistic repertoire to communicate and make meaning (García, 2009; García, Ibarra Johnson, & Seltzer, 2017)   It is through that lens that we have partnered with teacher educators and bilingual education experts, Drs.

Read more