History of My Heart - by Robert Pinsky (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>History of My Heart</i>, winner of the William Carlos Williams Prize, first appeared in 1984. In <i>The New Republic</i>, J.D. McClatchy called it "one of the best books of the past decade." It is Pinsky's third volume of poems--and an ideal introduction to the work of a vital and original contemporary American poet.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"<i>History of My Heart</i> includes . . . parents and boyhood neighbors, Fats Waller warming the Christmas crowd at Macy's, holocaust victims and the inspired derelicts beautifully summoned up in the poem 'The New Saddhus' . . . Mr. Pinsky has a rare gift for portraits of this kind, for action, character, and atmosphere clearly and buoyantly proportioned." --<i>Roland Flint, The New York Times Book Review</i></p><p>"The core of Pinsky's third book of poems is the long title piece . . . [He] has written long poems from the beginning and established himself as a poet in the discursive mode with serious moral purposes . . . Pinsky mixes warm and often funny autobiographical anecdotes with long comfortable passages of commentary . . . What's especially interesting is the way Pinsky refrains from embedding his figures and fables in obligatory explanation. His voice is still engagingly talky, still confiding, anecdotal, funny, sober, and reflective . . . but it seems to pause more often, to see more deeply into the strangeness of things, and to be less concerned about continuity, connection, and closure." --<i>Elizabeth Frank, The Nation</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>A former Poet Laureate of the United States, <b>Robert Pinsky</b> was born and raised in Long Branch, New Jersey. In addition to his books of poetry and <i>The Inferno of Dante</i>, he has written prose works, including <i>The Life of David</i> and <i>The Sounds of Poetry</i>.</p>
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