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Robert Pinsky

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Robert Pinsky is an American poet, essayist, literary critic, and translator. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which are collections of his poetry. His published work also includes critically acclaimed translations, Dante Alighieri's Inferno and The Separate Notebooks by Czesław Miłosz. He teaches at Boston University.

Books

The Inferno of Dante
The Inferno of Dante
Dante Alighieri, Dante, Robert Pinsky, Nicole Pinsky
The Sounds of Poetry
The Sounds of Poetry
Robert Pinsky
Singing School
Singing School
Robert Pinsky
Sadness and Happiness
Sadness and Happiness
Robert Pinsky
The Figured Wheel
The Figured Wheel
Robert Pinsky
Americans' Favorite Poems
Americans' Favorite Poems
Robert Pinsky, Maggie Dietz
Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters
Singing School: Learning to Write (and Read) Poetry by Studying with the Masters
Robert Pinsky
Gulf Music
Gulf Music
Robert Pinsky
Best of the Best American Poetry
Best of the Best American Poetry
David Lehman, Robert Pinsky
Mind Has Cliffs of Fall
Mind Has Cliffs of Fall
Robert Pinsky
Selected Poems
Selected Poems
Robert Pinsky
Poems to Read
Poems to Read
Robert Pinsky
History of My Heart
History of My Heart
Robert Pinsky
World's Tallest Disaster
World's Tallest Disaster
Robert Pinsky, Cate Marvin
Essential Pleasures
Essential Pleasures
Robert Pinsky
Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet
Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet
Robert Pinsky
Dante Alighieri, Robert Pinsky
The Inferno of Dante
The Inferno of Dante
Dante Alighieri, Robert Pinsky
The Handbook of Heartbreak
The Handbook of Heartbreak
Robert Pinsky
Ginza Samba
Ginza Samba
Robert Pinsky
The Situation of Poetry
The Situation of Poetry
Robert Pinsky

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