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Sadness and Happiness

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  • Robert Pinsky
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    …poem of Pinsky’s first collection, Sadness and Happiness (1975), comments on the poet’s own life. His long poem An Explanation of America (1979) probes personal and national myths. Vivid imagery characterizes his other collections, which include History of My Heart (1984), The Want Bone (1990), The Figured Wheel: New and…

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