Host Suzanne LaGrande interviews award-winning poet and translator Jane Hirshfield. Ms. Hirshfield is the author of seven collections of poetry, including After (HarperCollins, 2006); Given Sugar, Given Salt (2001), which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Lives of the Heart (1997), The October Palace (1994), Of Gravity & Angels (1988), and Alaya (1982). In 2004, Hirshfield was awarded the 70th Academy Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement by The Academy of American Poets.

In this interview, Suzanne LaGrande talks to Ms. Hirshfield about her most recent collection of poetry entitled, Come, Thief: Poems.

For more about Jane's work as a poet and the a discussion of the writing process, check out Suzanne's interview with her on Writers on Craft: kboo.fm/writersoncraft