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Linda Pastan

Linda Pastan (1932–2023) was the author of fifteen volumes of poems. A two-time National Book Award finalist and former poet laureate of Maryland, her many honors include the Maurice English Award and the 2003 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her poems have been translated into eight languages.

Linda Pastan

Linda Pastan (1932–2023) was the author of fifteen volumes of poems. A two-time National Book Award finalist and former poet laureate of Maryland, her many honors include the Maurice English Award and the 2003 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Her poems have been translated into eight languages.

Books by Linda Pastan

  • The Last Uncle: Poems

    Linda Pastan

    Paperback, 2003

    "Autumnal and subdued...movingly chronicles loss, fear, the passing of time."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World
  • Traveling Light: Poems

    Linda Pastan

    Hardback, 2011

    A new collection from a poet long recognized for her “unfailing mastery of her medium” (New York Times).
  • Traveling Light: Poems

    Linda Pastan

    Paperback, 2012

    “Dark rhyming lyrics about love and impending loss. The poems may shake you, so be forewarned.”—Alan Cheuse, NPR
  • Insomnia: Poems

    Linda Pastan

    E Book, 2015

    Incandescent poems about living and aging—about being awake in this young century—by one of our most moving and eloquent poets.
  • Almost an Elegy: New and Later Selected Poems

    Linda Pastan

    Hardback, 2022

    A moving and incandescent volume from a poet celebrated for her “unfailing mastery of her medium” (New York Times Book Review).
  • Almost an Elegy: New and Later Selected Poems

    Linda Pastan

    E Book, 2022

    A moving and incandescent volume from a poet celebrated for her “unfailing mastery of her medium” (New York Times Book Review).
  • Insomnia: Poems

    Linda Pastan

    Paperback, 2017

    Incandescent poems about living and aging—about being awake in this young century—by one of our most moving and eloquent poets.