The AskingBy: Jane Hirshfield Now in paperback, the long awaited new and selected collection by the author of some of the most important poetry in the world today (The New York Times Magazine), assaying the ranges of our shared and borrowed lives In an era of algorithm, assertion, silo, and induced distraction, Jane Hirshfields poems bring a much needed awakening response, actively countering narrowness. The Asking takes its title from the close of one of its