Meet The Author—Hear Me Ohio

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Watch author and professor Jen Hirt discuss Hear Me Ohio, a collection of essays about leaving Ohio. Hirt, who grew up in Ohio at her family’s business (Hirt’s Greenhouse), reflects on the places she has lived, finding beauty and fascination in nature.

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