Linda Pastan

Linda Pastan’s twelfth book of poems, Queen of a Rainy Country, was published by Norton in 2006. She was Poet Laureate of Maryland from 1991 to 1995 and has been a finalist twice for the National Book Award. She won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2003.

Published in VQR

• Insomnia, Spring 2008
• A Glass of Cold Water, Spring 2001
• The Last Uncle, Spring 2001
• Frances and Mary Allen, Sewing Group, Ca. 1900, Spring 2001
• Ruins, Winter 1995
• Cosmic Dust: For David, Winter 1995
• What We Fear Most, Winter 1993
• The Angel of Death, Autumn 1987
• Vacation, Autumn 1987
• At Great Point, Autumn 1987
• Last Will, Summer 1985
• What We Want, Winter 1981
• November, Winter 1981
• Eyes Only, Spring 1979