GRAND TOWER, Ill. - Jennifer J. Hecht, 26, of Chester, Ill., died Friday, Sept. 6, 2002 in St. Louis University Hospital. She was born Aug. 19, 1976 in Cape Girardeau to Jeffery Lee and Betty Jean ...

If there is a fourth wall in reading, Hecht has broken it: “Good people of Yeshiva University/ and the Jewish Center Museum// You ask me for a poem in conversation ...

Hecht, a poet and historian, is the author of The Wonder Paradox: Embracing the Weirdness of Existence and the Poetry of Our Lives The inspiration we need has to do ...

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