Edward Hirsch's Special Orders, just out in hardcover, is a work of profound self-examination and personal reckoninga recounting of what he calls "the minor triumphs, the major failures" of his life so far, and a seeking of sorts, as he looks toward a future differentand perhaps freerthan the one he may have had planned for himself.
Listen to Edward Hirsch reading 'Self Portrait'.
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