External Websites

The following links to external websites provide more information about the life and works of Robert Pinsky.

The best starting point for biographical information about Robert Pinsky is his official website.

Robert Pinsky (Official Website) External
This website includes a wealth of information about Pinsky's life, writings, and music, along with multimedia content and press information.

Biographical information about Robert Pinsky also can be found on the following websites:

Academy of American Poets External
A biography of Robert Pinsky, samples of his poetry and prose, and links to external resources.
Boston University Faculty Page External
A biography of Robert Pinsky.
Poetry Foundation External
A biography of Robert Pinsky, bibliography of his writings, and links to more than one dozen online poems.
Steven Barclay Agency External
A biography of Robert Pinsky.

For the latest news and discussions related to Robert Pinsky, see:

A selected list of news articles, interviews, and conversations, arranged in chronological order, follows below.

Selected Articles, News, and Interviews

"Favorite Poem Project to Celebrate 20th Anniversary" External
BU Today. September 11, 2017.
"How Does Robert Pinsky Pen a Protest Poem?" External
Forward. August 8, 2017.
"Rhyme and Reason: Where the Teachers Go for Their Poetry Fix" External
The Boston Globe. July 28, 2017.
"When Robert Pinsky Wrote a Video Game" External
The New Yorker. January 21, 2016.
"Two New Warren Professors: Robert Pinsky and Howard Eichenbaum" External
BU Today. September 22, 2015.
"TV Confessions: Robert Pinsky" External
The Boston Globe. May 28, 2015.
"Pinsky on Poetry: Teachers should ‘Do No Harm,’ from Dodge Fest" External
Morristown Green. October 24, 2014.
"Found in Translation" - Interview with Robert Pinsky External
Portland Monthly. December 2010.
"Spreading the Word" External
Interviewed by Kiera Butler, Mother Jones. October 16, 2007.
"The Poet Laureate and the Fraygrants" External
Slate. September 5, 1998.
"An Interview with Robert Pinsky" External
Archived version of Poetry Daily page; interview originally published in Meridian. Spring 1998.
"Interview with Robert Pinsky" External
Interviewed by by J.M. Spalding, The Cortland Review. March 1998.
"In Intervals: Robert Pinsky and Tom Sleigh in Conversation" External
Interviewed by Tom Sleigh, The Academy of American Poets. October 1, 1997.
"Poetry and Education: Robert Pinsky on the Future of Poetry" External
Interviewed by Joyce Wilson, Poetry Porch 3. April, 1996.
"Poetry, Computers, and Dante's Inferno: An Online Conference with Robert Pinsky" External
Transcript of a live online conference with Robert Pinsky as it appeared in The Atlantic Monthly Online on the America Online network. April 19, 1995.
"Image and Text: A Dialogue with Robert Pinsky and Michael Mazur" External
Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Occasional Papers. December 1994.
"A 16-Year-Old Interview With Robert Pinsky, by an 18-Year-Old" External
Interviewed by Kevin Shay, Concord Grape. June 1991.

A selection of radio programs featuring Robert Pinsky or in which Pinsky and his work are discussed.

"Poet Robert Pinsky Champions Poetry in America" External
On the Point, WCAI. December 29, 2015. (49:06)
"Robert Pinsky: The Last Public Poet" External
Radio Boston, WBUR. March 22, 2011. (22:23)
"Reading Aloud with Robert Pinsky" External
The Book Bench (The New Yorker blog). April 27, 2009. (53:13)
"Poets Laureate Talk about Their Art" External
Minnesota Public Radio. May 13, 2009. (segment begins at 22:51)
"Robert Pinsky on EasySpeaks" External
EasySpeaks. June 17, 2008. (1:30:00)
"Robert Pinsky Considers Guantanamo Poetry" External
The World. May 22, 2007. (4:50)
"Robert Pinsky" External
The Leonard Lopate Show. September 8, 2004. (16:22)
"Robert Pinsky" External
Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR. September 8, 2002. (9:51)
"Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky" External
Fresh Air, NPR. September 21, 2001. (11:18)
"Pledge Allegiance Pause" External
NPR. February 28, 1998. (2:49)
"Magnetic Poetry" External
Talk of the Nation, NPR. February 11, 1998. (59:00)
"Poetry in Performance" External
What the Word Radio Program. Modern Language Association. (28:57)

Podcasts and other non-radio audio recordings featuring Robert Pinsky are listed below.

"Poetry Podcast: Robert Pinksy Reads Elizabeth Bishop" External
The New Yorker. April 15, 2015. (23:05)
"Internet Poetry Archive" External
Robert Pinsky introduces and reads nine poems.
"Poet Robert Pinsky takes on King David" External
ThoughtCast. (28:30)

Many videos of Robert Pinsky reading and discussing his work can be found through the following two sources:

YouTube - "Robert Pinsky" search results External
Numerous videos of Robert Pinsky reading and performing his work appear through this YouTube search on his name.
"Meta-Free-Phor-All" External
Robert Pinsky moderates a metaphor competition between Stephen Colbert and Sean Penn in a segment for Comedy Central's The Colbert Report. (8:57)
"Robert Pinsky - Samurai Song" External
In this YouTube video, Pinsky walks down the street, enters a building, enters an elevator, and recites "Samurai Song" while it ascends. (2:22)
"The Art of Poetry" External
Robert Pinsky Official Website. (3:22)
"Robert Pinsky: 'Heavy with longing, in my mind, is preferable to hollow'" External
Washington Post. Apr 17, 2020. (5:19)
"Robert Pinsky with Josh Ritter and Friends: Poetry at the Extremes" External
New York Public Library. October 23, 2019. (54:28)

Selected online reviews of Robert Pinsky's poetry and prose books appear below.

Poetry Reviews

At the Foundling Hospital (2016)

Selected Poems (2012)

Gulf Music: Poems (2007)

Boston Globe External

The Life of David (2006)

Jersey Rain (2001)

The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems 1966-1996 (1997)

The Want Bone (1991)

Publishers Weekly External

Prose

Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate: A Resource Guide

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