Robert Pinsky (1940) American poet, editor, literary critic, academic.
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“For me, poetry is the colour of Elizabeth Taylor's eyes, or the pauses in Pinter's plays - only the pauses, not the words.”
Evening Standard, Mon 31 Oct 2011, p16
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