Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1997 to 2000. He currently teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Boston University.

A man in a collared shirt and tie rides a motorcycle in Little Rock, Arkansas.

“Declared Intention”: My Immigration Story, and Ours “Declared Intention”: My Immigration Story, and Ours

Like many Americans, I may only be one generation away from birthright citizenship—a concept that defined this country’s promise for so many immigrants.

Jul 30, 2025 / Robert Pinsky

2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize

Anne Winters's The Displaced of Capital, winner of the 2005 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, is a reflective, documentary and visionary volume of poetry inspired by the city of New Yo...

Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Pinsky

‘Obscure as That Heaven of the Jews’ ‘Obscure as That Heaven of the Jews’

In the rabbi's parable a lame one climbs Onto a blind one's shoulders and together They take the fruit of the garden of the Lord.

Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Robert Pinsky

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