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Robert Pinsky, born on April 20, 1940, in Long Branch, New Jersey, is a celebrated American poet, translator, and literary advocate. He served as the United States Poet Laureate from 1997 to 2000, during which he championed poetry's accessibility and relevance in contemporary culture. Pinsky is renowned for his innovative work, including "The Poetry Home Repair Manual" and translations of Dante's "Inferno." His commitment to fostering a deep appreciation for poetry solidifies his legacy as a vital figure in American literature.
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"I think my first experience of art, or the joy in making art, was playing the horn at some high-school dance or bar mitzvah or wedding, looking at a roomful of people moving their bodies around in time to what I was doing. There was a piano player, a bass player, a drummer, and my breath making the melody."
Robert Pinsky
"The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about what's in style, what's current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities."
Robert Pinsky"When I was a kid, there was unhappiness in my family - was dealt with partly by escaping to television. And from a very early age, for whatever reason, I became scornful and resistant to and angry about that. And some other time in my life, I realized that there's a lot I loved in television."
Robert Pinsky
"For a lot of people, well-meaning teaching has made poetry seem arcane, difficult, a kind of brown-knotting medicine that might be good for you but doesn't taste so good. So I tried to make a collection of poetry that would be fun. And that would bring out poetry as an art, rather than the challenge to say smart things."
Robert Pinsky
"For an American, there's no automatic place where people love the art of poetry. There's not a social class that considers poetry its property the way in some countries there's a snob value to the art."
Robert Pinsky