Literary evening with Edward Hirsch

Schedule

Sat Jan 17 2026 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Chopin Theatre | Chicago, IL

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Poet Edward Hirsch (Guggenheim Foundation president) talks My Childhood in Pieces w/ Prof. Joanna Trzeciak Huss + Krynicki short film.
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Edward Hirsch reads from My Childhood in Pieces: A Standup Comedy, A Skokie Elegy and speaks with Prof. Joanna Trzeciak Huss about comedy, memory, and his journey to poetry—plus a short film on Polish poet Ryszard Krynicki by Ewa Zadrzynska (Poetry Unites).

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