The New Yorker: Poetry

Edward Hirsch Reads Gerald Stern

Mar 26, 2025 · 34 min
0:00-34:20

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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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