Jane Hirschfield reads from her new book THE BEAUTY at UCB Lunch Hour Poetry
Robert Haas, a colleague, and Jane Hirshfeld in the Morrison Library Jane read from her new collection, She started with " Fado " which means "f ate " in Portugal. She was introduced by Haas as a "plain speaking poet". He linked her with Denise Levertov, Gary Synder. Jane talks about the interconnections in life and their perishability, about the personal life and our argument or agreement... She reads "My Proteins ", after a NYT article she read. It was an audio featured poem in "t he New Yorker ". Proteus changes shapes. Jane reads "Mosquito". He, I, We. A memorable line: " When we fall into beauty, the isolate dissolves." The poet reads "My Species" and then "A Cottony Fate" A line: "I, too, am 60. There was no other life." Jane continues with "Quartz Clock", "I wake Early", and "In a kitchen where Mushrooms were Washed". ...