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BostonSculptors: Murray Dewart pairs w/ poet Robert Pinsky to celebrate the well-timed publication of their respective memoirs in "Becoming an American Artist", at Boston Athenaeum on 4/26. Dewart and Pinsky will chat and share stories; details & tickets here:
Termione: Shirt by Robert Pinsky | Poetry Foundation
MikeMcMahonCHN: Niagara G Chad Veltri is headed to Robert Morris out of the portal. He spent 4 years at Niagara. Last season he played 37 games and posted a 2.78/.906 line. Career 2.67/.910 in 97 NCAA games.
Portal helps teams like RMU and Augustana, who are building new rosters.
rhepstein1: On love, on grief, on every human thing,
Time sprinkles Lethe's water with his wing.
—Walter Savage Landor
Here is a poem that demonstrates how much can be done in just two lines.
—Robert Pinsky
MontclairPatch: The Montclair Public Library will be kicking off National Poetry Month with a visit from three-time U.S. poet laureate, Robert Pinsky.
bualumni: The Director of BU's Creative Writing Program, Robert Pinksy, has achieved much acclaim as both a writer and professor. But in his newest memoir, Pinsky outlines his journey to becoming a poet.
ardentsaviorops: Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky was lauded for his translation of The Inferno of this other poet
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SmugAnn3115: This is one of the great human mysteries: why do works of art about bad things such as loss and deprivation make us feel good?,Robert Pinsky, The Handbook of Heartbreak: 101 Poems of Lost Love and Sorrow,deprivation, heartbreak, loss,
Mary_McCray: Today: Frank Bidart and Robert Pinsky
"Self-Portrait 1969" Frank Bidart
Mary_McCray: "Dying" Robert Pinsky
Mary_McCray: Song of Reasons" Robert Pinsky
violetm40597512: For an American, there's no automatic place where people love the art of poetry. There's not a social class that considers poetry its property the way in some countries there's a snob value to the art.,Robert Pinsky,Love, Art, American ,
JulieJordanScot: I did not take a selfie when former poet laureate Robert Pinsky sat beside me before he got up on the podium to speak, but I wanted to. Instead I took a photo of what was on the chair to the other side of me.. and the podium. (More)
temporal3: Robert Pinsky on “True Life,” a collection of verse by the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski
3QD: Robert Pinsky on “True Life,” a collection of verse by the Polish poet Adam Zagajewski
qc: "The heart grows brutal from feeding on fantasies." — Robert Pinsky
seriousnoticer: when i had my congressional email, i sent a poem to robert pinsky. he responded promptly, warmly and kind, w notes for revision and general encouragements to keep writing. but i’ll never get the record of correspondence back unless I FOIA request it from the government
dylanzavagno: What are your favorite *deep cut* Robert Pinsky poems?
bilikpenyair: BACA | Robert Pinsky mengenang Adam Zagajewski, penyair Poland
“He says: I’ve learned one thing
There is only mercy —
for people, animals, trees, and paintings.
Only mercy —
always too late.”
nytimesbooks: “Adam Zagajewski by implication doubts the reassurance of ‘never again’ or ‘never forget.’ Slogans cannot correct the absence of moral imagination.” Robert Pinsky reviews the poet’s final collection.
poet_tech: Starting soon! An Evening of Poetry w/ Jane Hirshfield, Robert Pinsky, & Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon. 7pm EST. Everyone welcome! To Join, Click:
nytimesbooks: Human memory, Adam Zagajewski implies in his understated but stringent poems, is contaminated by an inherent bland feebleness. Robert Pinsky reviews Zagajewski’s final collection, “True Life.”
nytimesbooks: “Adam Zagajewski by implication doubts the reassurance of ‘never again’ or ‘never forget.’ Slogans cannot correct the absence of moral imagination.” Robert Pinsky reviews the poet’s final collection.
Antilogicalism: Robert Pinsky: “Poetry’s great mission is the pursuit of truth on a human scale, bound by the measure of each person’s mortal voice” by , February 23rd 2023
bowethery: "A Poet Whose Tone Was Personal and Whose Vision Was Vast" by Robert Pinsky via NYT
chaos_BOOKNEWS: "A Poet Whose Tone Was Personal and Whose Vision Was Vast" by BY ROBERT PINSKY via NYT
SkolMali: "A Poet Whose Tone Was Personal and Whose Vision Was Vast" by BY ROBERT PINSKY via NYT New York Times
ecminstructsys: "A Poet Whose Tone Was Personal and Whose Vision Was Vast" by BY ROBERT PINSKY via NYT
Neon4N: "A Poet Whose Tone Was Personal and Whose Vision Was Vast" by BY ROBERT PINSKY via NYT New York Times
WatsonLavie: "A Poet Whose Tone Was Personal and Whose Vision Was Vast" by BY ROBERT PINSKY via NYT
nytimesbooks: Human memory, Adam Zagajewski implies in his understated but stringent poems, is contaminated by an inherent bland feebleness. Robert Pinsky reviews Zagajewski’s final collection, “True Life.”
atrubek: Robert Pinsky blurb!
"Who We Lost is a contemporary document in the ancient, ceremonious, vernacular tradition that links grief and language, in ordinary details: A recipe for pork shoulder. An electric scooter. Intubations and respirators. A specific tune,1/2
TheTLS: 'While at Wellesley he attended a few writing workshops held by the poet Robert Lowell at Harvard. At one of these sessions he disagreed with a point made by the wildly brilliant Lowell, leading to a 'choral gasp' from the room.'
mikesamonek: Cues up some Robert Pinsky....
temporal3: Robert Pinsky on the Favorite Poem Project
QtLkz: The Inferno of Dante: Translated by Robert Pinsky 0DCV8FC
robert_stagg: The Jersey rain, my rain, in streams and beads
Of indissoluble grudge and aspiration:
Original milk, replenisher of grief,
Descending destroyer, arrowed source of passion,
Silver and black, executioner, font of life.
— Robert Pinsky, ‘Jersey Rain’ (2001)
3QD: Robert Pinsky on the Favorite Poem Project
Poetry_Daily: Today's Featured Poet:
Robert Pinsky’s autobiography Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet, appeared in October, 2022. His books of poetry include The Figured Wheel, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His next book of poetry, to appear in Winter 2024, will be Proverbs of Limbo.
Poetry_Daily: Today's Feature:
In this installment of "What Sparks Poetry: Building Community," Robert Pinsky writes on the Favorite Poem Project.
Read here:
daniel_dsj2110: "How to win a poetry prize: Get a B.A. from Harvard, an M.F.A. from Iowa, and befriend Carl Phillips and Robert Pinsky.":
3QD: On “Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet”, a memoir by Robert Pinsky
Antilogicalism: How to win a poetry prize: Get a BA from Harvard, an MFA from Iowa, and befriend Carl Phillips and Robert Pinsky by , January 11th 2023
Grolier_Poetry: A photograph of Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz taken at the Grolier on November 17th, 2022.
PersnicketyRph: Totally can recommend Robert Pinsky's memoir Jersey Breaks. A great poet and a mensch.
BawitdaBavinck: “Poetry is a vocal, which is to say a bodily, art. The medium of poetry is the human body: the column of air inside the chest, shaped into signifying sounds in the larynx and the mouth. In this sense, poetry is just as physical or bodily an art as dancing.”
-Robert Pinsky
rectangle_be: In 2021, the group show 'Hearts and Minds' with works by Chantal Akerman, Harold Ancart, Jef Geys, Dan Graham, Bodys Isek Kingelez, Robert Lebeck, An-My Lê, Otobong Nkanga, Marina Pinsky, Claudia Peña Salinas, Adam Simon, Momoyo Torimitsu, Hil Yeh.
RobertPinsky: We had a successful first day at our Summer Institite! We closed the busy day with readings from Robert Pinsky and Jill McDonough.
gwzq_p: The Inferno of Dante: Translated by Robert Pinsky RF4LXCC
3QD: “The Oxen” by Thomas Hardy, read by Robert Pinsky
bualumni: The Director of BU's Creative Writing Program, Robert Pinsky, released a new memoir that traces his journey to becoming an acclaimed poet.
NewYorker: Read Robert Pinsky’s full poem from this week’s issue:
NewYorker: Read Robert Pinsky’s full poem from this week’s issue:
MontclairLib: Congratulations to Open Book / Open Mind author Robert Pinsky for publishing his most recent poem in The New Yorker. Don’t miss his upcoming appearance on Thursday, March 30! Register now at
skydog811: “Soul Making,” by Robert Pinsky
pageturner: Familial, I feel
I know these lights. I see their pre-biotic
Geometries of purpose the way I impose
Human, nearly literary intentions
Onto the microscopic animals, flexing
Bizarre mandibles, that patrol my eyelids
And guts.
Robert Pinsky
aarikdanielsen: Robert Pinsky, killing me not-so-softly
aarikdanielsen: "I want / Presents I can't picture until they come"
— Robert Pinsky
Naomi2041398075: The Inferno of Dante: Translated by Robert Pinsky IDT9DDA
toddedillard: “The different pace makes the different absolute.”
-Robert Pinsky
Love how the spondee here alters the pace of this line, just a really smart example of how prosody can augment meaning.
bualumni: The Director of BU's Creative Writing Program, Robert Pinsky, has achieved much acclaim as both a writer and a professor. But in his newest memoir, Pinsky outlines his journey to becoming a poet.
jacarpress: “For all his eccentricities—famously abundant—Lowell had class.”
SaratogaLibrary: For this season of Poetry Cafe, we've been discussing the work of some U.S. Poet Laureates. Next Thursday, we'll visit the work of Robert Pinsky, Poet Laureate in 1997. For more info and/or to register, visit:
nytimesbooks: Newly published poetry, from Iman Mersal to Robert Pinsky.
muller68evknf: The Inferno of Dante: Translated by Robert Pinsky WWSCRPM
BU_Tweets: “I work to produce not marks on paper but something more like a song or a monologue, or both,” writes Robert Pinsky, a College of Arts & Sciences professor of English and creative writing.
thinkingenglish: Newly Published Poetry, From Iman Mersal to Robert Pinsky
thinkingenglish: Newly Published Poetry, From Iman Mersal to Robert Pinsky
WatsonLavie: "Newly Published Poetry, From Iman Mersal to Robert Pinsky" by Unknown Author via NYT
bowethery: "Newly Published Poetry, From Iman Mersal to Robert Pinsky" by Unknown Author via NYT
chaos_BOOKNEWS: "Newly Published Poetry, From Iman Mersal to Robert Pinsky" by Unknown Author via NYT
WuFourqurean: "Newly Published Poetry, From Iman Mersal to Robert Pinsky" by Unknown Author via NYT
robmclennanblog: E Annie Proulx once told me to take my feet down off a chair; a newspaper snapped a photo of me standing with Pierre Berton circa 1999 ; and Robert Pinsky, although deeply kind and polite, didn't seem interested at all at my questions on him appearing on the simpsons,
GringaLandia: "In order to have a democratic society, I think it's absolutely necessary we have what ever we mean by a democratic culture." --Robert Pinsky
aw_journal2021: In His New Memoir, Jersey Breaks, Robert Pinsky Traces His Journey to Becoming a Poet
3QD: In His New Memoir, Jersey Breaks, Robert Pinsky Traces His Journey to Becoming a Poet
VSapiro: If you have any taste for poetry at all, you must check out the Favorite Poem Project website and archive. Founded and sustained by Robert Pinsky, it showcases the love people bring to their favorite poems.
mission_priest: In His New Memoir, Jersey Breaks, Robert Pinsky Traces His Journey to Becoming a Poet | BU Today | Boston University
RandomNews5: A poem from Robert Pinsky Trump Fires Acting Attorney General to Defy Ban Global Workshop for Apparel China’s Answer to Tesla Is Hopeful Entrant to Global Car Market
ConsueloPoet: In His New Memoir, Jersey Breaks, Robert Pinsky Traces His Journey to Becoming a Poet
pshares: " Pinsky like “Tex” or “Brooklyn” is a name
Nobody would have if they were still in that same place: those names all
Signify someone who’s been away from home a while."
Robert Pinsky, JERSEY BREAKS
jayshelt: I’ve just finished Robert Pinsky’s translation of the Inferno and need to find something suitable to carry me through Purgatorio since Pinsky never translated it.
Recommendations from folks who have read more than one?
Grolier_Poetry: In-person seating for Robert Pinsky’s reading tomorrow is full. If you didn’t get a chance to secure your spot, please consider joining us virtually.
Register via our website.
pshares: Robert Pinsky’s events of a life in writing seem a bit accidental; that what sustains a life in writing is not fame, not a cartoon version of oneself chatting with Lisa Simpson, but a commitment to language bordering obsession.
Grolier_Poetry: This Thursday, Robert Pinsky is reading at the shop with an introduction by Maggie Dietz.
Please join us in person or virtually.
Sign up via our website.
CambridgeDay: A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a pie-based fundraiser and Robert Pinsky to “Something Strange” and open art studios
See
heydonnelly: devastating plus also union busting? I worked here with an excellent stoner who would call me "black Elis-SABBATH" and also truly the only coffee shop where we all went feral when Robert Pinsky came by:
Inspired_View: Marked as to-read: Jersey Breaks by Robert Pinsky
b2l_Literature: Robert Archambeau examines the influence of the poet and critic Yvor Winters on his final generation of graduate students at Stanford in the early 1960s: Robert Hass, Robert Pinsky, James McMichael, John Matthias, and John Peck. Archambeau ...
artfortomorrow: “As an expression of individual voice, a poem implicitly allies itself with ideas about individual dignity that are democracy's bedrock, far more than mass participation is. Yet poems also summon up communal life…” 'Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry' Robert Pinsky
jycsmo: It's all very pinsky-esque (robert pinsky)
saoirseedits: "For me, poetry is a vocal art but not necessarily a performer’s art. I compose poems with my voice for your voice. It’s all in the sounds written into the words—and it’s true for free verse or metered, rhymed or not."
— Robert Pinsky, Change Trains at Summit
NebeolisaO: What is Imagination
But your lost child born to give birth to you?
— Robert Pinsky.
ConsueloPoet: Former US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky to Celebrate Release of His Memoir at Monmouth University
poetshouse: When I had no father I made/ Care my father. When I had/ No mother I embraced order. ~Robert Pinsky
NewDoorBooks: On poetry and social class - Robert Pinsky discussing Robert Lowell.
bostonbookfest: "True Story: Prodigies, Poets, and Perseverance" featuring Howard Bryant, Claudia Kalb, and Robert Pinsky, with James Bennett II on Saturday at 2:00pm at Old South Church.
jenruthjackson: Poetry and Social Class: Robert Pinsky on His Many Readings of Robert Lowell
JoyceCarolOates: Homage to Paul Fussell (1924-2012) [by Robert Pinsky]
pshares: We are excited to share that Ploughshares has various previous contributors presenting the Boston Book Festival. See torrin a. greathouse, Jennifer Haigh, Yiyun Li, Robert Pinsky, and others on Saturday, October 29!
