On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy by Robert Pinsky

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On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy

Princeton University Press

On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy

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"Robert Pinsky belongs to that rarest category of talents, a poet-critic."--Robert Lowell

Two important books of criticism by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate--now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the author

For Robert Pinsky, poetry's individual, human scale as a fundamentally vocal medium--with poems brought to life by one person at a time--gives poetry a unique importance in American and democratic culture and society. This book brings together two compelling works of criticism by the former poet laureate--The Situation of Poetry and Democracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry, in which he makes a passionate and eloquent case for the vital role of poetry in a democracy.
Book Details
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
ISBN:
9780691278254
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
320
Authors:
Robert Pinsky
Published Date:
2026-05-26
Language:
English
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About Robert Pinsky

A living former United States Poet Laureate, Robert Pinsky served three consecutive terms from 1997 to 2000 and founded the Favorite Poem Project. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, he received a BA from Rutgers University and an MA and PhD in philosophy from Stanford University, where he studied under Yvor Winters. His collections include Sadness and Happiness (Princeton University Press, 1975), History of My Heart (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1984), The Want Bone (Ecco Press, 1990), Gulf Music (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2007), and Proverbs of Limbo (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024). His verse translation The Inferno of Dante received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He teaches at Boston University.

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