Linda Pastan, Poet Who Plumbed the Ordinary, Dies at 90
Briefly

Linda Pastan, whose elegantly simple poems found beauty and, sometimes, pain in the ordinary sights and moments of life, died on Jan. 30 at her home in Chevy Chase, Md.She was 90.Her daughter, the novelist Rachel Pastan, said the cause was complications after cancer surgery.Ms. Pastan published 15 volumes of poetry, beginning in 1971 with A Perfect Circle of Sun.
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