Linda Pastan

Linda Pastan was born in the Bronx, New York, on May 27, 1932, to a Jewish family. She was raised in Armonk, in Westchester County. Pastan is the author of Almost an Elegy (W. W. Norton, 2022); Insomnia (W. W. Norton, 2015); Traveling Light (W. W. Norton, 2011); Queen of a Rainy Country (W. W. Norton, 2006); The Last Uncle (W. W. Norton, 2002); Carnival Evening: New and Selected Poems 1968–1998 (W. W. Norton, 1998), which was nominated for the National Book Award; An Early Afterlife (W. W. Norton, l995); Heroes In Disguise (W. W. Norton, 1991), The Imperfect Paradise (W. W. Norton, 1988), a nominee for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; PM/AM: New and Selected Poems (W. W. Norton, 1982), which was nominated for the National Book Award; The Five Stages of Grief (W. W. Norton, 1978); and A Perfect Circle of Sun (Swallow Press, 1971). (Source)