Why read Ledger?

Book cover of Ledger: Poems

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Jane Hirshfield's urgent new collection is a book of personal, ecological and political reckoning. Her poems inscribe a ledger personal and communal, a registry of our time's and lives' dilemmas as well as a call to action on climate change, social justice and the plight of refugees. The poems of…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Ledger as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

David John Rosenheim

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Hirshfield’s craft of language in this book knocks me off my feet. My head rings in the resonance of her poignant and pointed images.

The way she fuses intimate, personal experience with the immensity of nature and the fearless way she takes on the loss and peril of climate change makes me want to be a better writer and a better human. When I read the poems in this masterful collection, I am at once moved to sadness and awe and inspired to take action.

From David's list on The best poetry books to awaken your senses and connection to living in the natural world.