61. . Guernica | A Magazine Of Art & Politics . billy collins is the class clown in the schoolhouse of American poetry. billy collins I had this early memory. You know how sometimes you just have a http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/185/a_brisk_walk/print.php

Published in June 2006 for Guernica Magazine. http://www.guernicamag.com/interviews/185/a_brisk_walk/ A Brisk Walk CUNY Sailing Alone Around the Room is rumored to have earned him a million-dollar advance. (Collins's publishers have confirmed that it was at least six figures.) If you've been following American poetry for the past six or seven years, you already know that he was poet laureate (2001-2003), his latest collection is The Trouble with Poetry, and that, like the current poet laureate, he advocates accessible poetry over 'difficult' poetry. Perhaps he has done more to demystify poetry for American readers than anyone, though without trivializing it. But less well known is the fact that Collins himself was once a 'difficult' poet who wrote from a place of inner torment, and only turned toward taking 'potshots' at poetry, as he calls it, when he felt he had nothing to lose. He once even wrote about politics, though one wonders if the persona he's evolved in his collectionswhich he describes as more like the real Billy Collins than anyone on earthcould handle as much today. [Interview by Joel Whitney] Some difficulty is warranted and other difficulty I think is gratuitous. And I think I can tell the difference.

62. Collins, Billy (Harper's Magazine) by billy collins Readings/Poem, April 2007, 1 pp. Litany. by billy collins Readings/Poem, April 2002, 1 pp. Harper s Magazine is an American journal of http://www.harpers.org/subjects/BillyCollins

HOME SUBSCRIBE ARCHIVE SUBJECTS ... SKIP to main content USERNAME PASSWORD Subscriber? Lost password? Collins, Billy WRITER OF 5 Poems from 1994 to 2007 CONNECTIONS HAS BORN DATE Scenes of hell by Billy Collins Readings/Poem, April 2007 , 1 pp. Litany by Billy Collins Readings/Poem, April 2002 , 1 pp. Harper's Magazine is an American journal of literature, politics, culture, and the arts published from 1850. Subscriptions start at $16.97 a year. About Harper's Contact Harper's

63. In A Dark Time … The Eye Begins To See » Billy Collins Personally, I find it difficult to decide exactly how I feel about billy collins’ poetry, though the quote on the cover of Sailing Alone Around the Room http://www.lorenwebster.net/In_a_Dark_Time/category/poets/billy-collins/

November 23, 2005 Sailing Alone Around the Room Forced to pick a favorite in the first half of the book, this would be it: FIRST READER I can see them standing politely on the wide pages that I was still learning to turn, Jane in a blue jumper, Dick with his crayon-brown hair, playing with a ball or exploring the cosmos of the backyard, unaware they are the first characters, the boy and girl who begin fiction. Beyond the simple illustrations of their neighborhood, the other protagonists were waiting in a huddle: frightening Heathcliff, frightened Pip, Nick Adams carrying a fishing rod, Emma Bovary riding into Rouen. But I would read about the perfect boy and his sister even before I would read about Adam and Eve, garden and gate, and before I heard the name Gutenberg, the type of their simple talk was moving into my focusing eyes. It was always Saturday and he and she were always pointing at something and shouting, as he pushed a hand mower over the lawn, waving at aproned mother framed in the kitchen doorway, pointing toward the sky, pointing at each other.

64. Billy Collins : TickleBooth We have mentioned billy collins videos before (Forgetfulness The Country). He was America’s Poet Laureate and is currently the New York State’s Poet http://ticklebooth.com/2007/03/billy-collins/

TickleBooth Contact SquiggleBooth No Fat Clips ... RSS Billy Collins Posted by Ajit on March 23, 2007 @ 8:24 am. We have mentioned Billy Collins videos before ( Forgetfulness The Country Recently, some videos based on his poems have had plenty of success. The ones presented by JWTNY feature Billy Collins reading his own work. The professional graphics for each poem come from a different artist. This is something that I have wanted to do for so long, take a poem and give it life. My favorite in the series is The Best Cigarette . Every beautiful line makes for an equally wonderful visual. The result is a stunning piece of filmmaking. If I had just read these lines, I would have missed much of the visual connections within the lines. The video never once leaves its smoky black and white imagery but it gives you all that you need to imagine the event that Collins is describing. Budapest is another perfect match of visuals and words. The visual style complimenting the playful and the absurd in the original. Others: The Dead Hunger Some Days Now and Then ... Walking Across the Atlantic Filed Under Friendship Death Celebrity Money ... Cool Graphics Comments betsy de Fries on April 11th, 2007 11:46 am

65. The Trouble With Poetry | Book Review | Entertainment Weekly billy collins is like the best buggywhip maker of the 21st century. billy collins is like Rodney Dangerfield. Perhaps because his work is accessible http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1131658,00.html

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66. Inside UCR: Chancellor's Distinguished Lecture Series Features Poet Billy Collin Second of three speakers is the former U.S. Poet Laureate billy collins billy collins was United States Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003. http://www.insideucr.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=149

67. Billy Collins - The New York Review Of Books Bibliography of books and articles by billy collins, from The New York Review of Books. http://www.nybooks.com/authors/9107

Home Your account Current issue Archives ... NYR Books Billy Collins Billy Collins Billy Collins is the author of five books of poetry, including Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems, The Art of Drowning, The Apple That Astonished Paris, and Questions About Angels . He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Poetry, The Paris Review, Harper's, and The Atlantic Monthly , among other publications. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, and is the winner of numerous awards. In 1992, he was chosen by the New York Public Library to serve as "Literary Lion," and is currently serving as the 2001-2003 Poet Laureate of the United States. A Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY), Collins lives with his wife, Diane, in northern Westchester County, New York. From the Review November 8, 2007 Greek and Roman Statuary (poem) February 13, 2003 Statement for Peace (letter) From New York Review Books The Stuffed Owl There is bad Bad Verse and good Bad Verse. It has been the preoccupation of the compilers to include in this book chiefly good Bad Verse.

68. Billy Collins — Poet Seers billy collins is an American phenomenon. No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. http://www.poetseers.org/contemporary_poets/poet_laureates/billy_collins/

Sign up for Free Daily Poem of the Day Skip to content. Skip to navigation Site Map ... Contact Sections Search Site Home Poetic Themes The Great Poets Spiritual Poets ... About Personal tools PoetSeers Contemporary Poets Poet Laureates Billy Collins Navigation Billy Collins Japan Reading an anthology ... Billy Collins Poems Billy Collins View: Billy Collins Poems Buy: Billy Collins Poetry at Amazon.com Billy Collins is an American phenomenon. No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review , and The American Scholar , he is a Guggenheim fellow and a New York Public Library "Literary Lion." His last three collections of poems have broken sales records for poetry. His readings are usually SRO, and his audience - enlarged tremendously by his appearances on National Public Radio - includes people of all backgrounds and age groups. The poems themselves best explain this phenomenon. The typical Collins poem opens on a clear and hospitable note but soon takes an unexpected turn; poems that begin in irony may end in a moment of lyric surprise. No wonder Collins sees his poetry as "a form of travel writing" and considers humor "a door into the serious." It is a door that many thousands of readers have opened with amazement and delight. Billy Collins writes lovely poems . . . Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides.

69. Lit Controversy : Billy Collins Thread regarding American poet laureate billy collins and his work. http://www.beilharz.com/controversy/collins.html

Lit Controversy : Billy Collins This is a thread originally started elsewhere on the Internet regarding U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins and, more specifically, his collection Picnic, Lightning (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 1998). None of the opinions expressed here necessarily reflect or coincide with my own views. I am unable to assume any liability whatsoever regarding the authenticity of the names and e-mail addresses stated by the participants in the thread. Thread closed The tendency revealed by the thread is clear: There are those who like Mr. Collins' poetry and there are those who don't – for reasons they have attempted to state here at this obscure website , as one of you wrote – and I'm afraid the twain shall never meet. Thank you all for your time and effort. One of my reasons for closing the thread is that there are too many departures from factual argument for my taste. The attempts to discredit people who are expressing a critical opinion by calling them whiners or snobs are puzzling and reminiscent of political mudslinging ahead of elections. But then again, I suppose, it could be said that Mr. E. Springsteen set the tone right from the start and should not be surprised by some of the response elicited. J.B.

70. Billy Collins In Ifcinema Watch 8 billy collins Videos including Budapest and Now and Then http://ifcinema.vodpod.com/pod/category/3766/VideoCategory.17271

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71. Jeanette Winterson - Poem - Billy Collins Again I have put up a billy collins poem before, but I was rereading him the other day, and I really like this one. In our obsessed drive to explain everything, http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/pages/content/index.asp?PageID=330

72. Billy Collins To Give Mother’s Day Reading At Johns Hopkins The tenth annual Joshua Ringel Memorial Reading celebrates both with a truly phenomenal bill Sunday, May 13, at 5 p.m. when poet billy collins takes the http://cty.jhu.edu/about/ringel/ringel07_pr

Home Contact Us Site Map Search ... Support CTY! Ringel Fund History/Mission Executive Director Media Donate Online ... Ringel Fund Billy Collins to Give Mother’s Day Reading at Johns Hopkins Former U.S. Poet Laureate tenth to lend voice to CTY event Media Contact: Matt Bowden Email: mtbowden1@jhu.edu Phone: (410) 735-6045 BALTIMORE Spring, 2007— Anniversaries deserve special recognition, especially when they fall on Mother’s Day. The tenth annual Joshua Ringel Memorial Reading celebrates both with a truly phenomenal bill Sunday, May 13, at 5 p.m. when poet Billy Collins takes the Shriver Hall stage on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus. 2001-2003 U.S Poet Laureate a modern-day Robert Frost Billy Collins is an American phenomenon. No poet since Robert Frost has managed to combine high critical acclaim with such broad popular appeal. The 2001-2003 U.S. Poet Laureate, Mr. Collins has appeared regularly on National Public Radio, as well as in a variety of periodicals including The New Yorker and The Paris Review. He is a Guggenheim fellow and a New York Public Library “Literary Lion”. In October 2004, Collins was selected as the inaugural recipient of the Poetry Foundation’s Mark Twain Award for humorous poetry. He is currently a professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. "Luring his readers into the poem with humor, Mr. Collins leads them unwittingly into deeper, more serious places,” says the New York Times, “a kind of journey from the familiar to quirky to unexpected territory, sometimes tender, often profound." Mr. Collins has published eight collections of poetry, including

73. World Hum | Travel Interview | Billy Collins: The Poetry Of Travel Former poet laureate billy collins may be the closest thing America has to a poetry rock star. We at World Hum have been fans for some time, in part because http://www.worldhum.com/qanda/item/billy_collins_the_poetry_of_travel_20051121/

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74. Billy Collins From HarperCollins Publishers billy collinsnot to be confused with the US Poet Laureatewrote the Want to receive notice of billy collins s new books, tour dates, and promotions? http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/15167/Billy_Collins/index.aspx

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75. Bookslut | The Trouble With Poetry: And Other Poems By Billy Collins Halfway through The Trouble With Poetry, billy collins reflects on similar advice from “My poetry instruction book / which I bought at an outdoor stall http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2005_12_007292.php

@import "/c/style.css"; @import "/c/style.css"; Bookslut Home Features Reviews Columns ... Advertise December 2005 Megan Marz poetry The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems by Billy Collins In college, I once heard a classmate chided for using the word horizon in a poem. Horizon is a word, our teacher said, that has become so poetically hackneyed it is nearly impossible to use meaningfully in poetry. Halfway through The Trouble With Poetry In The Trouble With Poetry a vaporous place at the end of a dark tunnel a region of silence except for the occasional beating of wings and, I wanted to add as the sun dazzled your lifted wineglass, the sound of the newcomers weeping. The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems by Billy Collins Random House ISBN: 037550382X 112 Pages Buy this book >>> poetry Index Main page

76. Billy Collins -- A Truly "Astonishing" Poet Review of The Apple That Astonished Paris, poems by billy collins. Published by The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville/London, 1988. 61pp. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/poetry_book_review/79714

GA_googleAddSlot("ca-pub-7332027313721357", "com_readingandliterature_top_ATF_468x060"); GA_googleAddAttr("language", "com"); GA_googleAddAttr("section", "readingand"); GA_googleAddAttr("category", "poetry_boo"); hiring freelance writers today's articles sign in Home ... Poetry Book Reviews Billy Collins A Truly "Astonishing" Poet Billy Collins A Truly "Astonishing" Poet Bernadette Geyer Articles in this Topic Discussions in this Topic Sep 14, 2001 Collins, Billy. The Apple That Astonished Paris. The University of Arkansas Press: Fayetteville/London, 1988. I had the pleasure of seeing Billy Collins read his work in 2000 at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival in New Jersey, and again, recently, at the Library of Congress' National Book Festival. With the selection of Collins as Poet Laureate of the United States, I thought it would be appropriate for me to review one of his past collections of poetry, The Apple That Astonished Paris. Collins has a wonderful, dry wit that shines through many of his poems. It is even better to see Collins read his poems in person, and how he slyly deadpans his delivery of incredibly humorous statements. I highly recommmend seeing him read in person if you get the chance. Collins has gained quite a reputation as a highly "accessible" poet, meaning that his poems appeal to a wide audience. And perhaps this is one of the reasons why he was selected to be the new Poet Laureate, or poet of "the people."

77. Reformissionary: NPM: Billy Collins, Animation These billy collins action poetry videos are just fantastic. Brilliant. He is the dude who wrote The Lanyard and is speaking at the Opera House here in http://www.stevekmccoy.com/reformissionary/2007/04/npm_billy_colli.html

Reformissionary Compass Email Me About Calvary Baptist Church Evangelism 2008 ... Tim Keller Resources Recent Comments Key Links Blogs I Read Living in Woodstock, IL My Book Reviews My High Calling Articles ... Sites I Like Categories Bible Blogs and Sites Books Chicago ... Youth Ministry Bibliophile Andres Duany: Suburban Nation Andy Stanley: Communicating for a Change ... Strapped Audiophile Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ... Juno Stats var sc_project=978265; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=5; var sc_security="f5eba738"; Main NPM: Billy Collins, Animation These Billy Collins action poetry videos are just fantastic. Brilliant. He is the dude who wrote "The Lanyard" and is speaking at the Opera House here in Woodstock on Thursday. My wife and I have tickets. Enjoy these wonderful short videos. (Videos not available to embed are "Men in Space," "No Time," "Today" and "The Country." Posted by Steve McCoy at 01:21 PM in Poetry and Lit Permalink TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/279958/17801022

78. Bill Collins's Profile At Hockeydb.com Bill collins, Center Born Nov 17 1981 Enderby, BC Height 6.02 Weight 200. Regular Season, Playoffs. Season, Team, Lge, GP, G, A, Pts, PIM, GP, G, A http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=74780

79. Folk Music Performer Index - Brown P To Bry Brown, Walt; and Bill collins Appearance as principal performer. Boil Em Cabbage Down (Boil the/them/that Cabbage Down), Walt Brown Show with Bill collins http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/bp19.htm

Preceding Alphabetic Section Return to Folk Index Homepage Bottom of File Folk Music Performer Index - Brown P to Bry Brown, Paul Buffalo Gals/Gal (Roundtown Girls/Gals) Tribute to Tommy Jarrell Heritage (Galax) 063, LP (1986), cut # 9 Christmas Holiday Old Five String Heritage (Galax) 039, LP (1981), cut # 2 Grasshopper Sittin'/Sitting on a Sweet Potato Vine Old Five String Heritage (Galax) 039, LP (1981), cut # 6 Half Shaved Old Five String Heritage (Galax) 039, LP (1981), cut # 8 Shortenin' Bread Old Five String Heritage (Galax) 039, LP (1981), cut # 15 Sweet Little Julie Old Time Herald Old Time Herald Valley Forge Old Time Herald Old Time Herald Appalachia, The Old Traditions - Vol. 1, Home Made Music LP-001 (1983 ) Appalachia, The Old Traditions, Vol. 2, Home Made Music LP-002 (1983 ) Brandywine '83. The 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Brand..., Heritage (Galax) 054 (1984 ) Fresh Oldtime String Band Music, Rounder 0262 (1988? ) Galax International, Heritage (Galax) 067 (1988 ) Stefanini, Rafe / Hell and Scissors, County CD-2728 (1999 )

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