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A perfect companion to George Saunders' A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. While Saunders tackles the short story (Russian short stories, to be exact), Hirsch rounds up 100 poems, as the title states, \"to break your heart.\" Hirsch gracefully and sensitively dissects each of the 100 poems. Both a lesson in the history of poetry and breadcrumbs on the trail home from a broken heart. A broken heart can come in many forms. From love, grief and lost lives, Hirsch finds the right poems to help us understand that we are not alone — and in 100 poems, gives us courage to carry on.

"A really beautiful book" of poems that delve into—and help us transcend—suffering, loss, fear, and loneliness, by the author of How to Read a Poem (The Boston Globe).

Implicit in poetry is the idea that we are enriched by heartbreaks, by the recognition and understanding of suffering—not just our own suffering but also the pain of others. We are not so much diminished as enlarged by grief, by our refusal to vanish, or to let others vanish, without leaving a record. And poets are people ...