Jennifer Michael Hecht was the 2008 Templeton Research Fellow. Between March 6 and March 13, 2008, Dr. Hecht delivered three lectures on the implications of astrobiology at the University of Arizona. Did you read Jennifer Michael Hecht's Op-Ed column on the New York Time's online TimesSelect Opinion page? Would you like to know more? Chapter 2 of Hecht's history of religious doubt is called "Smacking The Temple", and tells a lot more of the story of Jewish rationalism. Did you see Jennifer Michael Hecht's poem Black Friday Reverie on the Op-Ed page of the November 24, 2006 New York Times? If not, you can read it here.
*** NEWER!! *** The current Best American Poetry 2005 edited by David Lehman and guest edited by Paul Muldoon, features Jennifer Michael Hecht's poem The Propagation of the Species from her upcoming book Funny.	* Jennifer's work is featured in Garrison Keillor's poetry collections, Good Poems and Good Poems for Hard Times , both from Viking/Penguin. The books feature verse read by Mr. Keillor on his radio show The Writer's Almanac, presented each weekday on National Public Radio stations across the country. Good Poems contains Jennifer Michael Hecht's poem On the Strength of All Conviction and the Stamina of Love. Good Poems for Hard Times features Naked. * On December 8, 2002, the 92nd Street Y's Kaufman Concert Hall, in New York City hosted Garrison Keillor and Friends, an afternoon of poems in celebration of Good Poems. Keillor was joined by poets Jennifer Michael Hecht, Sharon Olds, and Gerald Stern, as they read dozens of poems from the book to an appreciative audience of 700. * The audio version of Garrison Keillor's Good Poems, available on cassette or CD, features Jennifer Michael Hecht reading seven poems, including Happiness by Raymond Carver, Elizabeth Bishop's Letter to N.Y., and Hecht's own On the Strength of All Conviction and the Stamina of Love.
*** NEW! *** If you're in Sao Paolo, Curitiba, or Rio de Janeiro, be sure to pick up a copy of the Brazilian edition of Doubt: A History	* On May 23, 2002, Garrison Keillor read Jennifer Michael Hecht's poem Naked on his show The Writer's Almanac. The poem's title is linked to the show's archive, where you can hear the RealAudio recording of the reading. * On March 13, 2002, Garrison Keillor read Jennifer Michael Hecht's poem September on his show The Writer's Almanac. The poem's title is linked to the show's archive, where you can hear the RealAudio recording of the reading.
	The Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Prize for 2002 has been awarded to Jennifer Michael Hecht's The Next Ancient World. The award was judged by poet, author, and editor David Lehman.