[Yale-readings] April 29: Robert Pinsky at Yale Bookstore

[Kuhl, Nancy]

Contact: Richard G. Carlson, Events Coordinator
              The Yale Bookstore
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Robert Pinsky Signs An Invitation to Poetry

At The Yale Bookstore on April 29



What: Robert Pinsky discussing and signing his book, An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology


When: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at 2:00 pm

Where: The Yale Bookstore, 77 Broadway, New Haven, CT

As Poet Laureate of the United States, Robert Pinsky became a public ambassador for poetry, founding the Favorite Poem Project, in which thousands of Americans—of varying backgrounds, all ages, and from every state—shared their favorite poems. Pinsky believed that, contrary to stereotype, poetry had a vigorous presence in the American cultural landscape. The project sought to document that presence, giving voice to the American audience for poetry.

Robert Pinsky’s first two terms as United States Poet Laureate were marked by such visible dynamism, and such national enthusiasm in response, that the Library of congress appointed him to an unprecedented third term. Throughout his career, Pinsky has been dedicated to identifying and invigorating poetry’s place in the world.
Pinsky’s books include Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud, the Pulitzer Prize-nominated The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996, Gulf Music, and a Los Angeles Times Book Awarding winning translation of The Inferno of Dante.

Mr. Pinsky appears at The Yale Bookstore as a participant in the Favorite Poem Project of The International Festival of Arts and Ideas. Join him on June 13 at 3:00 pm at the Yale University Art Gallery for a community reading of your favorite poems. For more information, visit the Festival website at www.artidea.org<http://www.artidea.org/>.

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