One of the most readable and accessible poets to appear in a long time, Billy Collins strikes at the deepest concerns of the human heart and mind. Frequently, Collins sets up a premise, based on a comically unusual interpretation of an everyday situation, and then proceeds to unwind the premise in ways that are as delightful as they are disturbing. His metaphysical wit and cosmic puzzlement, always expressed in a clean, direct, unpretentious idiom, will touch every reader who is fascinated by the play of a truly original imagination and a disarming way of seeing the world.
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'Using simple, understandable language, Collins captures ordinary life - its pleasures, its discontents, its moments of sadness and joy.' USA Today
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BILLY COLLINS is Distinguished Professor of English at the City University of New York. He was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001-2003 and was named Poet Laureate of New York State for 2004 - 2006. He is a Guggenheim fellow and a New York Public Library 'Litrerary Lion.' He is the author of eight collections of poetry including his latest, The Trouble with Poetry, and has edited two anthologies of contemporary poetry.
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Some gems
28 Mar 2000
By Eric Antonow
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If you know and enjoy Billy's poems this volume is a necessity. There are some earlier pieces that are brilliantly focused and tight -- like a joke and a punchline. Others are more subtle, but always clear in language and meaning. There is no contemporary poet that I would recommend more highly.
Also check out The Best Cigarette CD for a great collection of Billy reading his work.
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I think it's his best...[timorous]
7 Mar 2006
By Ben Hodges
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I haven't read all his other works, so take this with a grain of salt:
From what I've read, this volume is his best. "Vanishing Point", "Hunger"--just two examples of what made me buy this book without hesitation. I am very impressed by this collection of his work. It doesn't have "Memory" or "Lanyard" in it, but it's still bloody wonderful. It's my favorite of his individual volumes. Can't go wrong with it even if it isn't his best.
From what I've read, this volume is his best. "Vanishing Point", "Hunger"--just two examples of what made me buy this book without hesitation. I am very impressed by this collection of his work. It doesn't have "Memory" or "Lanyard" in it, but it's still bloody wonderful. It's my favorite of his individual volumes. Can't go wrong with it even if it isn't his best.
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The Amazing Billy Collins
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By Robert J. Barber
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I don't have this book in hand, since I bought it as a gift. Over the years, I have often given Billy's books as gifts. He is a wonderful poet. Makes me laugh. Sometimes makes me tear up.
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