March 1, 2002 Edward Hirsch SELINSGROVE, Pa. - The accomplished poet and scholar Edward Hirsch will continue Susquehanna University's 20th annual Visiting Writers Series with a free, public reading Wednesday, March 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Isaacs Auditorium, Seibert Hall. The author of five volumes of poetry, Hirsch has received a "Genius Grant" from the MacArthur Foundation as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Hirsch's latest book of prose is titled How To Read a Poem and Fall in Love With Poetry. Hirsch's publications have met with great critical success and his awards include the National Book Critics' Circle Award and American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature. For the Sleepwalkers (1981), Hirsch's first book of poetry, garnered him the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets. In addition to teaching at the University of Houston, Hirsch is poetry editor of Wilson Quarterly, editorial advisor for poetry for DoubleTake magazine, and is a contributing editor to Triquarterly and the Paris Review. Hirsch is also a regular contributor to American Poetry Review, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Book Review. Hirsch's other books of poetry are On Love (1998), Earthly Measures (1994), The Night Parade (1989), and Wild Gratitude (1986). The reading is sponsored in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Susquehanna Univesity's Jewish Studies program. For further information, contact Gary Fincke, professor of English and director of The Writers' Institute at (570) 372-4164 or gfincke@susqu.edu Contact: Kelly Bugden 570-372-4119 #kmb/1930#