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GCDS-9780872864009 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100997620 02 0872864006 03 9780872864009 15 9780872864009 BC 01 305 1 A01 Hirschman, Jack Jack Hirschman Jack Hirschman is a San Francisco poet, translator, and editor. His powerfully eloquent voice set the tone for political poetry in this country many years ago. Since leaving a teaching career in the &#146;60s, Hirschman has taken the free exchange of poetry and politics into the streets where he is, in the words of poet Luke Breit, &quot;America&#146;s most important living poet.&quot; He is the author of numerous books of poetry, plus some 45 translations from a half a dozen languages, as well as the editor of anthologies and journals. Among his many volumes of poetry are <em>Endless Threshold</em>, <em>The Xibalba Arcane</em>, and <em>Lyripol</em> (City Lights, 1976). 01 eng 128 01 <P>In the activist verse of this poetic warrior, always committed, the actual world is never out of mind, even in his most intimate poems. Kabbalist, populist, and communist, Hirschman has published over sixty books of his own poetry, and this representative selection is a cross-section of his poetic output, spanning many years and mutations. When he reads aloud, the words take fire, and on the page they crackle and spark.</p><P><strong>Jack Hirschman</strong> is a San Francisco poet, translator and editor. His powerfully eloquent voice set the tone for political poetry in this country many years ago. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, plus some forty-five translations from a half a dozen languages, as well the editor of anthologies and journals.</p> 02 In the activist verse of this poetic warrior, always committed, the actual world is never out of mind, even in his most intimate poems. Kabbalist, populist, and communist, Hirschman has published over sixty books of his own poetry, and this... 08 "Hirschman is tender but tough, with a steel fist in his velvet glove." San Francisco Chronicle 08 "What this poet brings to us, beyond ideology, is the simple truth that we already know and so immediately recognize: we have to stop hating each other, killing each other, raping each other, and start loving each other." Poet News 04 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100997620/images/87286100997620L.gif 07 02 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100997620/images/87286100997620S.gif http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100997620 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20020801 01 6.25 in 02 4.875 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20020801 01 02 15.95 USD