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1.The Inferno of Dante: A New Verse Translation, Bilingual Edition by: Dante September 01, 1997
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Perhaps you are reading these reviews because, let us be honest, you are a bit intimidated to read a book of this nature. Written over seven centuries ago, many, perhaps even most, of the references are today obscure. Yes, the scholars can read Dante, but what of you, who just wants something deeper, who recognizes that you should fill your head with something a bit more permanent than the latest best seller? You still want something accessible and understandable. To you I say...you should plunge ahead and read THE INFERNO OF DANTE. It is fantastic. I am no expert on the time period reflected in THE INFERNO. And I remember nothing about any poetry class I ever took. I cannot even say whether Pinsky did a good job of translating Dante into English. I can only comment on ... Read More

2.An Invitation to Poetry: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology from: W. W. Norton & Company 2004-08
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This third book edited by Robert Pinsky and Maggie Dietz is really a winner. It is part of their collection of people's favorite poems, with brief but cogent explanations of why that poem means so much to the person choosing it. In addition to the written poems, an excellent DVD accompanies the volume, with many of the contributors reading their selected poems, sometimes in the original language as well as English. The book is to be savored. The poems are beautiful, meaningful, and accessible.

3.Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy from: HarperAudio September 17, 2002
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I HAVE READ MANY BOOKS ABOUT SANDY KOUFAX AND THIS ANOTHER THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. THE AUTHOR JANE LEAVY, DOES A GREAT JOB FOLLOWING HIS CAREER AND EARLY LIFE, BUT I FELT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MATERIAL ABOUT HIS LIFE AFTER HIS CAREER ENDED IN 1966. SAND KOUFAX IS THE GREATEST PICHER I HAVE SEEN. I ALWAYS TRIED TO SEE HIM ON TV ON SATURDAY GAME OF THE WEEK, ALL STAR GAME OR WORLD SERIES. WE HAD NO CABLE OR SATELITE TV THEN. LOOK AT HIS STATS, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT HE JUST DOMINATED ALMOST EVERY GAME HE PITCHED. I FOUND IT VERY INTERSTING TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND HIS FAILED MARRIAGES ALONG WITH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HIS FABULOUS CAREER. I KNOW SANDY IS A VERY PRIVATE PERSON AND THAT MAYBE WHY THE READER DOESN'T GET MUCH INFO ABOUT HIS LATER LIFE. BUT ALL IN ALL I RECOMMEND THIS FOR ALL DODGER ... Read More

4.The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide by: Robert Pinsky September 01, 1999
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Pinksky's close careful discussion of how sound works in poetry is immensely instructive, like being taken on a leisurely tour through an art museum accompanied by a first-rate docent. After reading this book, unless you are either already a superb reader or supremely stupid, you will find new registers, new nuances in poems you thought you knew through and through. William Carlos Williams called poems "machines made of words": Pinsky takes several poems apart and carefully points out and explains the workings of some of their most delicate and precise inner mechanisms. I know of no other book that treats this subject as well.

5.The Life of David (Jewish Encounters) by: Robert Pinsky August 26, 2008
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A challenge to digest perhaps for the intellectual lazy,but well worth the effort. As some one already summed " About a Poet,For a Poet,By a Poet" In short Mr. Pinsky, Bravo!

6.Americans' Favorite Poems from: W. W. Norton & Company November 01, 1999
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This is a great sampler of all the wonderful poets of all times and represents all the different types of poetry. It is a journey into the past as well as the present. What a pleasure to read and share with others.

7.Cape Cod by: Henry David Thoreau August 23, 1993
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(My review is on Thoreau's Cape Cod rather than this specific edition). While some literary critics seem to slight this work by Thoreau, saying that it is not as "powerful" as his other works, etc., I personally find this one very enjoyable. Sure, it does not have as much "philosophizing" as other books by him, but it is full of humor and very fun to read. The part where he describes the old man spitting into the hearth is particularly hilarious. The part about him sleeping in a lighthouse is also very funny. It lets us experience the more jovial side of Thoreau. This is probably one of the easiest to read among Thoreau's books. Published posthumously, this volume is surprisingly consistent and complete (unlike "The Maine Woods" which is chopped into three different parts), it gives one the feel of walking along ... Read More

8.Gulf Music: Poems by: Robert Pinsky September 30, 2008
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Pinsky is an amazing poet and this is a strong collection. Some of the poems were published in a chap book recently which I had already purchased awhile back. Still, the rest of the poems were so enjoyable I had to pick this up, too. If you like contemporary poetry (yeah, what does that mean?), especially with a political flavor, this may be just what you are looking for.

9.Poems to Read: A New Favorite Poem Project Anthology from: W. W. Norton & Company 2002-06
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I checked this anthology out at the library and decided I needed my own copy. I had been out of practice at reading good poetry and really loved so many of the poems in this book. It is a good middle ground for people who enjoy good poetry but are sometimes overwhelmed by denser, more complicated poems. I would recommend "Good Poems" for the starter and "An Invitation to Poetry" for the more advanced reader.

10.The Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems, 1966-1996 by: Robert Pinsky April 07, 1997
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Technically brilliant, sonically frugal, stylistically innovative, thematically esoteric, topically abundant and educated. Sure. Pinksy is all these good things, but ultimately hollow. He perks the mind but dulls the soul. But no matter. He has given to poetry what he can: a voice and face, a teacher's wisdom, a word to the masses, and (of course) technically pristine verse. This is as far as his person can take him - and he should go no further. He's aced poetry, but failed to do what the greats do: transcend his very words. Keats fills me, while with Dickinson, I shrivel. Of Pinsky, I think of Frost, down the road more travelled.

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