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At the Foundling Hospital: Poems

By Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780374158118 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 4, 2016, cover price $23.00

Singing School: Learning to Write (And Read) Poetry by Studying With the Masters

By Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780393050684 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 5, 2013, cover price $25.95

Paperback:

9780393348972 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, July 28, 2014), cover price $16.95

The Best of the Best American Poetry

By Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781451658873, titled "The Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary" | 25 anv edition (Scribner, April 9, 2013), cover price $35.00

Paperback:

9781451658880, titled "The Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary" | 25 anv edition (Scribner, April 9, 2013), cover price $18.00

Robert Pinsky Selected Poems

Product Description: Intense verbal music with a jazz feeling; invention against the grain of expectation; intelligence racing among materials with the variety of a busy street―these have been the qualities of Robert Pinsky's work since his first book, Sadness and Happiness (1975), celebrated for setting a new direction in American poetry...read more

By Robert Pinsky

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9780374258603 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 12, 2011, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Intense verbal music with a jazz feeling; invention against the grain of expectation; intelligence racing among materials with the variety of a busy street―these have been the qualities of Robert Pinsky's work since his first book, Sadness and Happiness (1975), celebrated for setting a new direction in American poetry.

Paperback:

9780374533168, titled "Robert Pinsky: Selected Poems" | Farrar Straus & Giroux, March 27, 2012, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Intense verbal music with a jazz feeling; invention against the grain of expectation; intelligence racing among materials with the variety of a busy street―these have been the qualities of Robert Pinsky's work since his first book, Sadness and Happiness (1975), celebrated for setting a new direction in American poetry.

Cape Cod

By Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Miscellaneous:

9781400834129 | Princeton Univ Pr, May 15, 2010, cover price $12.95

I'll Tell What I Saw: Images from Dante's Divine Comedy

By Michael Mazur and Robert Pinsky (trans)

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Paperback:

9781932511772 | Italian edition edition (Sarabande Books, November 1, 2009), cover price $16.95

Thousands of Broadways: Dreams and Nightmares of the American Small Town

By Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780226669441 | Univ of Chicago Pr, May 15, 2009, cover price $16.00

Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud

Product Description: A vibrant anthology and accompanying CD that revive a great American tradition: the joy of reciting poetry aloud. This lively, abundant book is distinguished by its focus on hearing poetry read aloud. Robert Pinsky, beloved for his ability to bring poetry to life as spoken language, has collected poems that sound marvelous in a reader’s actual or imagined voice...read more

By Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780393066081 | Har/com edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, April 6, 2009), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A vibrant anthology and accompanying CD that revive a great American tradition: the joy of reciting poetry aloud.

Gulf Music

Product Description: Dollars, dolors. Callings and contrivances. King Zulu. Comus.Sephardic ju-ju and verses. Voodoo mojo, Special Forces.Henry formed a group named Professor Longhair and hisShuffling Hungarians. After so much renunciationAnd invention, is this the image of the promised end?All music haunted by all the music of the dead forever...read more

By Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780374167493 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 16, 2007, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: From the former Poet Laureate of the United States comes an ambitious, politically impassioned, and inventive collection of poetry that explores the unexpected connections between seemingly disparate things.

Paperback:

9780374531478 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 30, 2008, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Dollars, dolors.

Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry

A two-time Poet Laureate argues that the voice of poetry, in its reflection of the individual and communal life, is at the heart of American culture and should not be mistaken as a casualty of modern mass entertainment and urges readers to reassess poetry as a significant and fundamental art form. (Literature)

By Robert Pinsky

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9780691096179 | Princeton Univ Pr, September 1, 2002, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A two-time Poet Laureate argues that the voice of poetry, in its reflection of the individual and communal life, is at the heart of American culture and should not be mistaken as a casualty of modern mass entertainment and urges readers to reassess poetry as a significant and fundamental art form.

Paperback:

9780691122632, titled "Democracy, Culture And The Voice Of Poetry" | Princeton Univ Pr, February 14, 2005, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A two-time Poet Laureate argues that the voice of poetry, in its reflection of the individual and communal life, is at the heart of American culture and should not be mistaken as a casualty of modern mass entertainment and urges readers to reassess poetry as a significant and fundamental art form.

Miscellaneous:

9781400825158, titled "Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry" | Princeton Univ Pr, September 2, 2008, cover price $19.95

The Life of David

Profiles one of the most important and complex figures of the Old Testament, describing the eventful life, triumphs and failures, divine destiny, and lasting influence of the poet, warrior, and king.

By Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780805242034 | Schocken Books, September 20, 2005, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Profiles one of the most important and complex figures of the Old Testament, describing the eventful life, triumphs and failures, divine destiny, and lasting influence of the poet, warrior, and king.

Paperback:

9780805211535 | Reprint edition (Schocken Books, August 26, 2008), cover price $12.95

Writing a Modern Jewish History: Essays in Honor of Salo W. Baron

By Salo Wittmayer Baron (editor), Arthur Hertzberg (editor), Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (contributor) and Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780300106770 | Yale Univ Pr, November 1, 2006, cover price $35.00

First Things to Hand: Poems

By Robert Pinsky

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Paperback:

9781932511345 | Sarabande Books, May 1, 2006, cover price $9.95

An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology

An anthology of classical and contemporary poems are introduced by everyday people from across the United States, including pieces by such masters as Shakespeare, Keats, and Dickinson and featuring an accompanying video introduction by one of the editors.

By Maggie Dietz (editor), Rosemarie Ellis (contributor) and Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780393058765 | Har/dvd edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 2004), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: An anthology of classical and contemporary poems are introduced by everyday people from across the United States, including pieces by such masters as Shakespeare, Keats, and Dickinson and featuring an accompanying video introduction by one of the editors.

Paperback:

9780393928389 | 1 pap/dvd edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, January 17, 2006), cover price $26.35

William Carlos Williams: Selected Poems

An authoritative analysis of key works offers insight into the poet's influential achievements, intimate style, and blending of both local and ancient inspirations, in a volume that covers his hard-edged experiments of Spring and All, the lyrical 'Asphodel, That Greeny Flower,' and more.

By Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781931082716 | Library of America, October 7, 2004, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Collects many of Williams's poems, including 'January,' 'Waiting,' 'Fish,' 'Genesis,' and 'Autumn,' and contains notes on the text and an index of titles and first lines.

Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology

An anthology for new readers and poetry fans discusses the pleasures of reading poems and includes some two hundred works by top contributors, providing accompanying commentary by readers of various ages, regions, and backgrounds. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Maggie Dietz (editor) and Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780393010749 | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 2002, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of favorite poems sent in by thousands of Americans, with selections ranging from William Blake to Allen Ginsberg, includes comments from readers on how the poems affect them.

9789990060355 | W W Norton & Co Inc, June 1, 2002, cover price $0.02

Illustra: Portrait of Rutgers

Product Description: A visual tribute to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, this book offers a snapshot in time of a university 235 years young. Images span the geographic scope of the Universityâs three campuses in Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick, providing an armchair tour of one of Americaâs leading educational institutions...read more

By Robert Pinsky (foreword by)

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Hardcover:

9780813530833 | Rutgers Univ Pr, March 1, 2002, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A visual tribute to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, this book offers a snapshot in time of a university 235 years young.

World's Tallest Disaster: Poems

Product Description: Winner of the 2000 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in poetry, judged by Robert Pinsky. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Cate Marvin and Robert Pinsky

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9781889330600 | Sarabande Books, August 1, 2001, cover price $20.95 | About this edition: Winner of the 2000 Kathryn A.

Jersey Rain

Hermes, the great trickster god of music and deception, guides readers through this poetic meditation on the great themes of life by America's Poet Laureate 1997-2000. Reprint. (view table of contents)

By Robert Pinsky

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9780374178871 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 2000, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Hermes, the great trickster god of music and deception, guides readers through this poetic meditation on the great themes of life by America's Poet Laureate.

Paperback:

9780374527723 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 2001), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Hermes, the great trickster god of music and deception, guides readers through this poetic meditation on the great themes of life by America's Poet Laureate 1997-2000.

Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale

Product Description: For more than a century, Russian Jews were restricted to residence in the western provinces of Russia, the so-called Pale of Settlement. In this fascinating volume, 125 duotone photographs document the carved tombstones of this region, specifically present-day Ukraine and Moldova...read more

By David Noevich Goberman, Gershon Hundert and Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780847822560 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, January 1, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: For more than a century, Russian Jews were restricted to residence in the western provinces of Russia, the so-called Pale of Settlement.

Americans' Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology

A collection of favorite poems sent in by thousands of Americans, with selections ranging from Shakespeare to Allen Ginsberg, includes comments from normal readers on how the poems affect them. (view table of contents)

By Maggie Dietz (editor), Favorite Poem Project (other contributor) and Robert Pinsky (editor)

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9780393048209 | W W Norton & Co Inc, November 1, 1999, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A collection of favorite poems sent in by thousands of Americans, with selections ranging from Shakespeare to Allen Ginsberg, includes comments from readers on how the poems affect them

The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide

America's Poet Laureate offers a journey inside the world of poetry to explore the fundamental workings of this literary art, explaining how different sounds can be used to express meaning and images

By Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780374266950 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1998, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: America's Poet Laureate offers a journey inside the world of poetry to explore the fundamental workings of this literary art, explaining how different sounds can be used to express meaning and images

Paperback:

9780374526177 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1999, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: America's Poet Laureate offers a journey inside the world of poetry to explore the fundamental workings of this literary art, explaining how different sounds can be used to express meaning and images

The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation

A spiritual pilgrim is led by Virgil through the nine circles of Hell, in a translation of the classic epic poem about the three realms of the Christian afterlife.

By Dante Alighieri and Robert Pinsky

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Hardcover:

9780374176747 | Bilingual edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, December 1, 1994), cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A translation of the classic poem about man's spiritual journey

Paperback:

9780374525316 | Bilingual edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, October 1, 1997), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: A translation of the classic poem about man's spiritual journey

9780374524524 | Bilingual edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1996), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: A new translation of Dante's classic poem uses slant rhyme and near rhyme to preserve the original terza rima form without distorting the English meaning, providing a lively and faithful rendition of the poem.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780140867381 | Penguin/Highbridge, December 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A spiritual pilgrim is led by Virgil through the nine circles of Hell, in a translation of the classic epic poem about the three realms of the Christian afterlife.

The Handbook of Heartbreak: 101 Poems of Lost Love and Sorrow

A collection of poems for mending the heart by such masters as William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Wallace Stevens, W.B. Yeats, Langston Hughes, and Emily Dickinson (view table of contents)

By Robert Pinksy and Robert Pinsky (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780688162863 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A collection of poems for mending the heart by such masters as William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Wallace Stevens, W.

History of My Heart

Product Description: History of My Heart, winner of the William Carlos Williams Prize, first appeared in 1984. In The New Republic, J.D. McClatchy called it "one of the best books of the past decade." It is Pinsky's third volume of poems--and an ideal introduction to the work of a vital and original contemporary American poet...read more

By Robert Pinsky

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Paperback:

9780374525309 | Reprint edition (Farrar Straus & Giroux, April 1, 1998), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: History of My Heart, winner of the William Carlos Williams Prize, first appeared in 1984.

9780880010481 | Ecco Pr, May 1, 1985, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Poems present observations on the author's experiences and emotions and the nature of fate, death, and joy

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