L2L Robert Hass

Time and Materials: Poems 1997–2005

Robert Hass

Pulitzer Prize winner, poet laureate (twice), winner of the National Book Award, distinguished professor of poetry at the University of California (Berkeley), and a founder of the ecoliteracy movement, Robert Hass might be the best-beloved living American poet. He also has translated the work of Czesław Miłoszand a number of the Japanese masters. This week, while Leigh is away contemplating “comparative drama,” P. T. and Dr. C examine the life (so far) and the work of the West Coast master Robert Hass.