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Dean Echenberg Poetry Reading Series: Naomi Shihab Nye and Edward Hirsch

1 May @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Award-winning poets and authors Naomi Shihab Nye and Edward Hirsch come together for the Harry Ransom Center’s 2024 Dean Echenberg Poetry Reading Series. A former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, Naomi Shihab Nye has written over 30 books of poetry and prose, including Grace Notes (2024) and Everything Comes Next (2020). Edward Hirsch is a celebrated poet and an advocate for poetry, whose work includes The Heart of American Poetry (2022), and Stranger by Night (2020). A reception will follow at the Harry Ransom Center. Copes of Grace Notes and Stranger by Night will be available for purchase.

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Harry Ransom Center
21st and Guadalupe Streets
Austin, TX 78712 United States
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