This page features a brief biography of Pastan, a list of her poetry collections, and her honors and awards. It includes the text for the poem "Meditation by the Stove" and links to poems on other sites.

Poetry Daily: Linda Pastan
http://www.cstone.net/~poems/carnipas.htm

This site features "Carnival Evening," as well as brief biographical information, a photograph of the author, and praise for her work from various critics.

BIOGRAPHY
Linda Pastan (b. 1932). Raised in New York City, Pastan now lives in Potomac, Maryland. She has published many books of poetry, including The Five Stages of Grief (1981), Waiting for My Life (1981), and PM/AM: New and Selected Poems (1982). Much of Pastan's poetry deals with her own family life. Increasingly, she has been concerned as well with issues of aging and mortality.