Description: Just as a gate enables passage from outside to inside, so poetry forges a connection between our outer and inner lives. One who enters completely into the experience of a poem is initiated into a deeper intimacy with life. In this brilliant and lucid series of nine essays, award-winning poet Jane Hirshfield teaches readers to open their own gates of perception, to more fully appreciate the poetry in their own lives.
-- Nine Gates appeared on the bestseller list of the San Francisco Chronicle.
-- Jane Hirshfield appears at more than 40 poetry events each year, including readings, writer's conferences, and public workshops.
-- Awards and accolades -- Hirshfield's poetry has won more than a dozen awards.
-- Nine Gates is accessible enough to be enjoyed by general audiences, not just writers.

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