Overview

Acclaimed poet Linda Pastan’s work is noted for precise and articulate verses that frame and treasure beauty in small, glorious moments. Her collections include Insomnia, Traveling Light, and Queen of a Rainy Country; Among her many awards and honors are a Dylan Thomas Award, the Bess Hokin Prize, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in the US, Marilyn Chin has said that her poetry is “steeped with the themes and travails of exile, loss, and assimilation.” Author of four books of poetry and a novel, Chin is the recipient of the PEN/Josephine Miles Literary Award.

Ellen Bass’s most recent poetry collection, Like a Beggar, “pulses with sex, humor, and compassion” (The New York Times). Winner of the Lambda Literary Award and the Pablo Neruda Prize, Bass has also written several works of nonfiction.
Introduction and conversation moderated by Jean Nordhaus.