Tonight! Robert Pinsky reads at Georgian Court University’s McAuley Heritage Center at 4pm.
For questions and additional info, email richeycenter@georgian.edu.
Ellen Pinsky and Michael Slevin present Driven to Write: 45 Writers on the Motives and Mysteries of their Craft with contributors Robert Pinsky, Stephen Greenblatt, Ha Jin, and Sigrid Nunez. Moderated by Rachel Dillon.
Join Robert Pinsky, Kevin Young, Paul Muldoon, and Ruth Negga at 92NY for a reading and celebration of Seamus Heaney’s poetry. Hear a group of Heaney’s friends and admirers - including surprise guests - as they pay tribute to his seismic influence.
Robert Pinsky at Boston University for the Robert Pinsky Tribute Reading on 09/15/2025, pictured with some of the evening's readers and former students.
Delighted to share the rescheduled date for the reading with @dmurphy.bsky.social and Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom.
This event will now be held on Sunday, November 23rd at 3pm EST (12pm PST).
Register using the link below:
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On August 21st, 1979, Robert Pinsky's second collection of poetry, An Explanation of America, was published by Princeton University Press.
The New York Times Book Review called it "[an] ambitious and immensely likeable long poem . . . a poem which - a rare thing - seems to combine intimacy
UPDATE: Robert regrets to share that due to unforeseen circumstances, he will be unable to read at tomorrow’s event with Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom and @dmurphy.bsky.social .
More information re: event status, rescheduling, etc. will be shared shortly. Please stay tuned.
In just four days, Robert Pinsky and @dmurphy.bsky.social will be reading with Cecilia Woloch & Friends Poetry on Zoom.
Join us on Sunday, August 24th at 12pm PST (3pm Eastern, 9pm Paris) for this free event moderated by Cecilia Woloch.
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Robert Pinsky and Dan Murphy are reading at Cecilia Woloch's Poetry & Friends.
This event will take place on Zoom on Sunday, August 24th at 12pm PST (3pm EST; 9pm Paris Time).
Use the link below to register.
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Robert Pinsky, Julius Hobson, and Jane Leavy at the Driven to Write panel on July 28th, 2025. This event was moderated by Nazila Fathi and took place at the Politics and Prose bookstore.
Photo credits to Nazila Fathi.
Robert Pinsky’s piece, “‘Declared Intention’: My Immigration Story, and Ours,” was published in The Nation on July 30th, 2025. To read it, visit the link below.
Photo: Morris Eisenberg on a motorcycle in Little Rock (Courtesy of Robert Pinsky).
Join Robert Pinsky, Julius Hobson, and Jane Leavy for the Driven to Write panel at Politics and Prose Bookshop. This event will be moderated by Nazila Fathi on Monday, July 28th at 7pm.
Can’t make it in-person? Livestream available. Check out the link below for access and more info.
Robert Pinsky’s poem “Astounding Stories” was published in the New Yorker on July 21st, 2025.
To read the poem, visit the link below.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Caffè Lena PoemJazz performance with Robert Pinsky, Todd Coolman, Bill Cunliffe, and Dennis Mackrel. Wednesday, July 9th, 2025. Photo courtesy of Glenn Kaplowitz.
Robert Pinsky spoke with Matt Robinson at The Fifty Plus Advocate about rhythm, the music of words, the Favorite Poem Project, and his "next chapter." Read the article via the link below.
www.fiftyplusadvocate.com/2025/07/01/w...
On July 15th, Robert Pinsky, Stan Strickland, Catherine Bent, and Jeff Jones will perform PoemJazz at the Truro Center for the Arts.
The link to purchase tickets is below. Tickets are $35 if purchased in advance; $40 at the door.
www.castlehill.org/special-even...
Tonight: PoemJazz at Caffè Lena with Todd Coolman, Dennis Mackrel, and Bill Cunliffe. For information on ticketing and the livestream, visit the link below.
www.caffelena.org/event/nys-wr...
With so many wonderful events coming up, it can be hard to keep track. Here's some information on Robert's upcoming events, including his two PoemJazz performances.
Robert Pinsky was recently interviewed by Robert Miller on the Follow Your Dream podcast. To give the episode a listen, visit the link below.
www.followyourdreampodcast.com/episodes/rob...
On Sunday, July 6th, from 3-4pm, Robert Pinsky will read at the first event in the 2025-2026 We (too) the People Reading Series. Organized by the New England Poetry Club and part of the Longfellow Summer Arts Festival, this reading is free and open to the public.
Happy (belated) first birthday to Proverbs of Limbo.
Robert Pinsky’s eighth poetry collection was published June 11th, 2024 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Proverbs is now available in paperback. Visit the link below for purchasing information.
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