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Pinsky has published two acclaimed works of translation. Poet robert pinsky is a professor of english and creative writing at boston university. Robert pinsky has 77 books on goodreads with 15369 ratings. That project gave rise to three previous anthologies, americans favorite poems, an invitation to poetry, and singing school. Anytime is a good time to read poetry, but winter is the best timebecause now winter nights enlarge the number of their hours.
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