Robert Pin­sky’s recent book of poet­ry is his Select­ed Poems: The Life of David. Oth­er pub­li­ca­tions include his best-sell­ing trans­la­tion The Infer­no of Dante and The Life of David . He is the only mem­ber of the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Arts and Let­ters to have appeared on both The Col­bert Report and The Simp­sons .