Jack Hirschman

ABOUT JACK HIRSCHMAN

Poet and social activist who was part of the San Francisco Renaissance. His numerous poetry collections include Lyripol, A Correspondence of Americans, and The Bottom Line.

He attended Indiana University. He later edited a literary publication called Left Curve.

When he was nineteen years old, he sent a story to Ernest Hemingway , who responded with positive feedback.

His first wife, Ruth Epstein, worked for National Public Radio (NPR). He and Epstein raised two children. He later married Agneta Falk, a Swedish-born artist and writer.

While on the faculty of the University of California-Los Angeles, Hirschman taught Doors frontman Jim Morrison .