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Robert Pinsky
Former Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky is Slate's poetry editor. His Selected Poems is now available.
Articles By Robert Pinsky
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Going Somewhere
How poets like Walter Raleigh reported on the quick flickers and sudden changes in emotional life.
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In Praise of Memorizing Poetry—Badly
What we learn by misremembering our favorite lines.
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Lost in Court
How one of Ben Jonson's masterpieces found the world by leaving it behind.
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Damned Great
Why are William Cowper's poems so witty? Because he was convinced he was going to hell.
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The Sounds Poems Make
How the sax led Robert Pinsky to poetry—and now to jazz collaboration.
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Lullaby and Laughter
The strange appeal of George Gascoigne's self-inspecting humor.
