Robert Pinsky

Robert Pinsky, 2007. From GET LAMP.

Renowned poet Robert Pinsky is interested in interactive literature, has compared IF to poetry, and wrote a text-adventure game in the mid-80s. He was the US Poet Laureate from 1997-2000.

Author Credits

• Mindwheel (with programmers Steve Hales and William Mataga; publisher: Synapse Software; 1984).

Review and Article Credits

• "The Muse in The Machine: Or, The Poetics of Zork." New York Times Book Review, March 19, 1995: 3, 26-27.
• "Computers and Poetics." MIT Media Lab Colloquium, Cambridge, Mass. February 5, 1997.

Links

• Robert Pinsky at Wikipedia.

Interviews

• GET LAMP: Robert Pinsky. Interview clips of Pinsky for Get Lamp, 2007.