Robert Pinsky Reading List

Resources

• To find reviews of Robert Pinsky works, go to our Book Reviews Guide or search in the Gale Literary Databases or in Academic Search Complete. Also try MLA International Bibliography.
• Browse Voyager, the library's online catalog, for a complete listing of Robert Pinsky’s works available in the library.
• To see copies of Robert Pinsky’s works, go to the library's Literary Societies Alcove located on the first floor and browse the bookshelves and display of Pinsky’s books.
• To read a reviews of two of Robert Pinsky’s works, written by Dr. Elisabeth Piedmont-Marton, Department of English ( Southwestern University), go to the library's What We're Reading column.

Books of Poetry

An Explanation of America (1979)

Want bone (1990)

Sadness and happiness: poems (1995)

Figured wheel: new and collected poems, 1966-1996 (1996, 1997)

History of my heart (1997)

Jersey rain (2000)

First things to hand (2006)

Nonfiction

Landor's poetry (1968)

Situation of poetry: contemporary poetry and its traditions (1976, 1978)

Poetry and the world (1988)

Sounds of poetry: a brief guide (1998, 1999)

Democracy, culture, and the voice of poetry (2002)

Life of David (2005)

Works Edited or Translated by Pinsky

Miłosz, Czesław. Separate notebooks. Translated by Robert Hass & Robert Pinsky with the author & Renata Gorczynski. (1984)

Inferno of Dante: a new verse translation; illustrated by Michael Mazur; with notes by Nicole Pinsky; foreword by John Freccero. (1994, 1996)

Handbook of heartbreak: 101 poems of lost love and sorrow. Collected by Robert Pinsky. (1998)

Goberman, David. Carved Memories: heritage in stone from the Russian Jewish Pale. Introduction by Robert Pinsky; essay by Gershon Hundert. (2000)

Americans' favorite poems: the Favorite Poem Project anthology. Edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz. (2000)

Marvin, Cate. World's tallest disaster: poems. Selected by Robert Pinsky. (2001)

Poems to read: a new Favorite Poem project anthology. Edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz. (2002)

Invitation to poetry: a new Favorite Poem Project anthology. Edited   by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz with the editorial assistance of Rosemarie Ellis. (2004)

William Carlos Williams. Selected poems. Edited by Robert Pinsky. (2004)

Books and Media about Robert Pinsky and his Work

Talking with poets. Edited by Harry Thomas. (2002)

Robert Pinsky: our premier poet scholar. (VHS) (2002)

Robert Pinsky. (VHS) (2004)

Sounds of poetry: with Bill Moyers. (VHS) (1999)