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Linda Pastan

Linda Pastan has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Potomac, Maryland.

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Books by Linda Pastan

  1. Book CoverCarnival Evening: New and Selected Poems 1968-1998


    "Linda Pastan is one of America's truly fine poets working at the height of her powers." — Michael Collier, Baltimore SunMore

  2. Book CoverThe Last Uncle: Poems


    "Autumnal and subdued...movingly chronicles loss, fear, the passing of time."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book WorldMore

  3. Book CoverQueen of a Rainy Country: Poems


    A new collection from a poet long recognized for her "unfailing mastery of her medium" (New York Times).More

  4. Book CoverTraveling Light: Poems


    “Dark rhyming lyrics about love and impending loss. 
The poems may shake you, so be forewarned.”
—Alan Cheuse, NPRMore