What does one of the most brilliant and compassionate minds of our time have to say about human action/inaction and climate crisis? I got to interview Jane Hirshfield about her new book Ledger, a poetic and scientific account of the ecological reckoning we now face. Our conversation was published in The Open Notebook. Jane has been one of my heroes for twenty years, and now, after reading this book and getting the chance to converse, I respect her 9000 times more.
Mercy, how did you maintain your composure, your ability to speak—never mind lucidly and coherently, so?
I have Ledger en route my way. As with any book by a beloved poet/writer, I’ve been champing at the bit, waiting to have it in my hands. I’m quite certain ’twill be another world, when I’m finally able to put, Ledger, down and arise.
It’s such a shockingly good book, yes? I have an advance copy, very slender and impermanent, and now the sweet weight of a hardcover in my hand. Thank you, Eduardo, so thoughtful. So thoughtful.
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