The reading will precede a commentary and question and answer time. A reception and book signing will follow the evening program. Pinsky teaches in the graduate writing program at Boston University. He is also a frequent contributor to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and poetry editor of the online journal Slate. As Poet Laureate, he served as consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress.
People have a favorite poem, from the guy who mops floors to the CEO of a corporation.
The medium of poetry is not the poem performed by the poet or a skilled actor or performer. The medium of poetry is the voice of whoever loves the poem and says it aloud. That makes it an art on a very individual and personal scale, by its nature. There's something special about the way people listen to one another in this circumstance. He has also translated Dante.