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John Most - Thirteen

2008-12-01T09:02:55Z

John Most - "Thirteen" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Fourteen

2008-12-01T09:01:52Z

John Most - "Fourteen" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Eleven

2008-12-01T08:44:33Z

John Most - "Eleven" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Sixteen

2008-12-01T08:44:10Z

John Most - "Sixteen" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Six

2008-12-01T08:42:59Z

John Most - "Six" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Four

2008-12-01T08:40:56Z

John Most - "Four" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Eight

2008-12-01T08:37:59Z

John Most - "Eight" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Nine

2008-12-01T08:36:34Z

John Most - "Nine" [from the album Persephone].

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John Most - Ten

2008-12-01T08:35:27Z

John Most - "Ten" [from the album Persephone].

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New Street Poets

2008-12-05T10:25:26Z

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Billy Collins - "The Lanyard"

2008-10-26T09:31:32Z

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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poem, "The Lanyard."

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Poet Billy Collins is a unique literary figure - a widely read contemporary poet. The former US Poet Laureate and New York State Poet has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, though his most dramatic honors come from a wide and appreciative readership. Collins's poetry collections, including The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, and Picnic, Lightening, have broken records for poetry sales. His writing is marked by inventiveness beyond traditional poetry forms with ironic twists and lyrical turns of phrase that resonate powerfully. An advocate for integrating poetry into everyday life, Collins compiled the anthologies Poetry 180 and 180 More with poems for every day of a typical school year. Billy Collins has been a professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York since 1968 - City Arts & Lectures

Billy Collins is the author of several books of poetry and two anthologies of contemporary poetry, including The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems; The Arts of Drowning, which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall prize; and Questions About Angels, which won the National Poetry Series in 1990. He is also a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY). Collins served as US Poet Laureate (2001-2003) and as New York State Poet Laureate (2004-2006). Collins' poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among many other journals and periodicals. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has won several awards and prizes.

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Billy Collins - "Litany"

2008-12-04T09:11:55Z

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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses stealing material from other writers, and reads his poem, "Litany."

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Billy Collins - "Consolation"

2008-10-19T15:31:36Z

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Former United States Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads "Consolation," a poem about the joys of (not) traveling abroad.

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"An Evening of Poetry with Billy Collins" at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival.

Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other leaders drawn from myriad fields and from across the country and around the world all gathered in a single place - to teach, speak, lead, question, and answer at the 2006 Aspen Ideas Festival. Throughout the week, they all interacted with an audience of thoughtful people who stepped back from their day-to-day routines to delve deeply into a world of ideas, thought, and discussion.

Billy Collins is the author of several books of poetry and two anthologies of contemporary poetry, including The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems; The Arts of Drowning, which was a finalist for the Lenore Marshall prize; and Questions About Angels, which won the National Poetry Series in 1990. He is also a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY). Collins served as US Poet Laureate (2001--2003) and as New York State Poet Laureate (2004--2006). Collins' poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Harper's, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, among many other journals and periodicals. He has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has won several awards and prizes.

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