INSOMNIA

Incandescent poems about living and aging—about being awake in this young century—by one of our most moving and eloquent poets.

These poems chart the journeys of sleepless nights when whole lifetimes seem to pass with their stories: loves lost and gained; children and seasons in their phases; and the world beyond, both threatening and enriching life. LINDA PASTAN is the two-time National Book Award finalist for Carnival Evening (W.W. Norton 1998) and PM/AM (1982). She won the Ruth Lily Poetry Award for Lifetime Achievement and has served as the Poet Laureate of Maryland. Her books of poetry include Traveling Light (2011); Queen of a Rainy Country (2006); The Last Uncle (2002); An Early Afterlife (l995); Heroes In Disguise (1991); The Imperfect Paradise (1988), a nominee for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; The Five Stages of Grief (l978); and A Perfect Circle of Sun (l971). Her many awards and honors include a Pushcart Prize, a Dylan Thomas Award, the Di Castagnola Award, the Bess Hokin Prize, the Maurice English Award, and the Charity Randall Citation. She was a recipient of a Radcliffe College Distinguished Alumnae Award. Linda Pastan lives in Potomac, Maryland.