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Don Pol­lard

Adam Kirsch

Adam Kirsch is a poet and crit­ic whose writ­ing appears reg­u­lar­ly in The New York­er and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. He is the author of three pre­vi­ous col­lec­tions of poet­ry and sev­er­al books of crit­i­cism and biog­ra­phy, and has received a Guggen­heim Fel­low­ship. An edi­tor at the Wall Street Jour­nal, he has taught at Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty and Sarah Lawrence Col­lege. He was born in Los Ange­les and now lives in New York City.

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Poet­ry
The Dis­card­ed Life
Adam Kirsch
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Non­fic­tion
Come and Hear: What I Saw in My Sev­en-and-a-Half-Year Jour­ney through the Talmud
Adam Kirsch
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The Bless­ing and the Curse: The Jew­ish Peo­ple and Their Books in the Twen­ti­eth Century
Adam Kirsch
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Fic­tion
Who Wants to Be A Jew­ish Writer?: And Oth­er Essays
Adam Kirsch
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Non­fic­tion
The Peo­ple and the Books
Adam Kirsch
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Non­fic­tion
Rock­et and Light­ship: Essays on Lit­er­a­ture and Ideas
Adam Kirsch
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Why Trilling Matters
Adam Kirsch
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Ben­jamin Disraeli
Adam Kirsch
Essay

‘Dead Poets Soci­ety’ and Artis­tic Expression

Adam Kirsch
May 30, 2022
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30 Days, 30 Authors: Adam Kirsch

Cel­e­brate Jew­ish Book Month with #30days30authors! JBC invit­ed an author to share thoughts on #Jew­Lit every day for the next 30 days. Watch, enjoy, and dis­cov­er new…
Adam Kirsch
November 24, 2016

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