Bibliography
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POEMS
- Sadness and Happiness, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1975.
- An Explanation of America, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1979.
- History of My Heart, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1984.
- The Want Bone, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1990.
- (Translator) The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation, illustrations by Michael Mazur, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1994.
- The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1996.
- Jersey Rain, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2000.
- Gulf Music: Poems, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 2007
OTHER
- Landor's Poetry, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1968.
- The Situation of Poetry: Contemporary Poetry and Its Traditions, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 1976.
- Robert Pinsky (recording), New Letters (Kansas City, MO), 1983.
- (Translator, with Robert Hass) Czeslaw Milosz, The Separate Notebooks, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1984.
- Amy Clampitt and Robert Pinsky Reading Their Poems (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1984.
- Poetry and the World, Ecco Press (New York, NY), 1988.
- Dorothy Barresi and Robert Pinsky Reading Their Poems (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1992.
- The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress: Robert Pinsky (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1995.
- Digital Culture and the Individual Soul (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1997.
- The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide, Farrar, Straus (New York, NY), 1998.
- (Collector) The Handbook of Heartbreak: 101 Poems of Lost Love and Sorrow, Rob Weisbach Books (New York, NY), 1998.
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Robert Pinsky Reading His Poems in the Montpelier Room, Library of Congress, May 7, 1998, Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1998.
- Poetry and American Memory (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1998.
- Sharing the Gifts: Readings by 1997-2000 Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Robert Pinsky, 1999-2000 Special Poetry Consultants Rita Dove, Louise Glück, W. S. Merwin, 1999 Witter Bynner Fellows David Gewanter, Campbell McGrath, Heather McHugh (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1999.
- Robert Pinsky Reading Selections from the Anthology, "Americans' Favorite Poems, the Favorite Poem Project," and Discussing Them in the Mumford Room, Library of Congress, October 7, 1999 (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1999.
- The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress—Favorite Poets (recording), Archive of Recorded Poetry and Literature (Washington, DC), 1999.
- (Author of introduction) David Noevich Goberman, Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale, Rizzoli (New York, NY), 2000.
- (Editor, with Maggie Dietz) Americans' Favorite Poems: The Favorite Poem Project Anthology, Norton (New York, NY), 2000.
- (Selector) Cate Marvin, World's Tallest Disaster: Poems, Sarabande Books (Louisville, KY), 2001.
- (Editor, with Maggie Dietz) Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology, W. W. Norton (New York, NY), 2002.
- Democracy, Culture, and the Voice of Poetry, Princeton University Press (Princeton, NJ), 2002.
- A Favorite Poem Reading with Frank Bidart, Louise Glück, and Robert Pinsky (recording), Recorded Sound Reference Center (Washington, DC), 2003.
- (Editor) William Carlos Williams: Selected Poems, Library of America (New York, NY), 2004.
- (Editor, with Maggie Dietz) An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology, Norton (New York, NY), 2004.
Contributor of articles and poems to American Review, American Poetry Review, Antaeus, Poetry, Shenandoah, and Yale Review. Poetry editor, New Republic, 1978-86, and Slate.com.