Ed Hirsch has published ten books of poems, most recently Gabriel: A Poem (2014) and Stranger by Night(2020). He has also published six prose books about poetry, including 100 Poems to Break Your Heart (2021) and The Heart of American Poetry (2022). Hirsch has won, amongst other things, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the National Jewish Book Award, the Pablo Neruda Medal of Honor, and a MacArthur Fellowship. He taught at Wayne State University and the University of Houston and now serves as President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.