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Poet Laureate of the United States, 2001–2003. Billy Collins was born in New York, New York, on March 22, 1941. He is the author of several books of poetry, including Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems (Random House, 2013), Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems (Random House, 2012); Ballistics: Poems (Random House, 2008); She Was Just Seventeen ...
Dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in the New York Times, Billy Collins is famous for conversational, witty poems that welcome readers with humor but often slip into quirky, tender, or profound observation on the everyday, reading and writing, and poetry...
Billy Collins is the author of twelve collections of poetry including Whale Day, The Rain in Portugal, Aimless Love, Horoscopes for the Dead, Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning.
Nov 12, 2022 · November 12, 20227:58 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Scott Simon. 11-Minute Listen. Short poems take center stage in former U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins' new collection, Musical...
Dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in the New York Times, Billy Collins is famous for conversational, witty poems that welcome readers with humor but often slip into quirky, tender, or profound observation on the everyday, reading and writing, and poetry...
Apr 2, 2022 · Billy Collins, a former poet laureate of the United States who still teaches poetry in university classrooms, wrote a poem about trying to light a love of poetry in his "Introduction To...
Podcast. From the Catbird Seat: The official Poetry and Literature podcast. Subscribe. Billy Collins was born in New York City in 1941. In 2004, Collins was the inaugural recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Mark Twain Award for humorous poetry.
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