Billy Collins

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Billy Collins
Billy Collins 2015.jpg
Collins in 2015
BornWilliam James Collins
(1941-03-22) March 22, 1941 (age 84)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • author
  • professor
Education College of the Holy Cross (BA)
University of California, Riverside (MA, PhD)
Notable worksThe Apple That Astonished Paris
Questions About Angels
The Art of Drowning
Notable awards Norman Mailer Prize for Poetry (2014)
Helmerich Award (2016)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (2016)
Spouse
Diane Olbright
(m. 1977,divorced)
Suzannah Gail Collins
(m. 2019)
United States Poet Laureate
In office
2001–2003

Books of poems by Collins

Sound recordings of Collins

Books edited or introduced by Collins

Individual poems by Collins in magazines

TitleYearFirst publishedReprinted/collected
Dancing Toward Bethlehem1991Collins, Billy (December 1, 1991). "Dancing Toward Bethlehem". Poetry. Vol. 159, no. 3. p. 138.
Tanager2013Collins, Billy (October 21, 2013). "Tanager". The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 33. p. 42.
Downpour2019Collins, Billy (November 18, 2019). "Downpour". The New Yorker. Vol. 95, no. 36. pp. 66–67.
Days of teen-age glory2021Collins, Billy (March 22, 2021). "Days of teen-age glory". The New Yorker. Vol. 97, no. 5. pp. 40–41.

References

  1. "Past Poets Laureate: 2001-2010". Library of Congress. Retrieved October 1, 2015. 2001-2003 Billy Collins
  2. 1 2 "Academy Members – American Academy of Arts and Letters" . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  3. Plimpton, George (January 1, 2001). "Billy Collins, The Art of Poetry No. 83". Paris Review. No. 159. ISSN   0031-2037 . Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  4. "Who are you?". April 23, 2012 via www.youtube.com.
  5. Interview with Billy Collins by Renee H Shea – College Board Teaching Series accessed March 18, 2010
  6. The Coachella Review, Interview with Collins by Robert Potts Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine accessed March 18, 2010
  7. 1 2 "A Brisk Walk: Billy Collins in Conversation | Academy of American Poets". www.poets.org. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  8. The Bowery and The Mid-Atlantic Review – archive material accessed March 18, 2010
  9. Stony Brook Southampton Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  10. "In conversation with Collins, Simon reveals stories behind famous songs". The Chautauquan Daily. August 19, 2013.
  11. "2008-2009 Events - Rollins Winter Park Institute - Rollins College - Winter Park, FL". rollins.edu.
  12. "At the Chautauqua Institution, an engaging evening with a poet and a songwriter". www.buffaloNews.com.
  13. "Event Schedule". emory.edu.
  14. Billy Collins. "Billy Collins". ted.com.
  15. "US Poet Laureate Billy Collins Names - Video - C-SPAN.org". C-SPAN.org.
  16. From the Library of Congress official website for Poetry 180 accessed March 18, 2010
  17. Billy Collins Live: A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space"
  18. Bruce Weber, "On Literary Bridge, Poet Hits a Roadblock," The New York Times, December 1, 1999. ("With his books selling briskly and his readings packing them in, Mr. Collins is the most popular poet in America.")
  19. New York Times article, December 19, 1999 accessed March 18, 2010
  20. New York Times article November 18, 2001. accessed March 18, 2010
  21. "Fishing on the Susquehanna in July",
  22. "Home Page". Alaska Quarterly Review. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  23. Billy Collins, Contributor. Alaska Quarterly Review Volume 19, No. 3 & 4, Spring & Summer 2002. Accessed September 2, 2010
  24. "The Poems Billy Has Read on His Facebook Live Poetry Broadcast (Updated Daily) | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  25. "ClerkNet 3.0".
  26. "Poet in Residence". April 27, 2017.
  27. "Lawyer Directory – The Florida Bar" . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  28. "A New York Poet in Deepest, Darkest Florida". The New Yorker . March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  29. "Billy Collins". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  30. "New York". US State Poets Laureate. Library of Congress. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  31. "Billy Collins". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  32. "Billy Collins has been selected as the fourth winner of the Donald Hall-Jane Kenyon Prize in American Poetry. He will" . Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  33. "2014 Norman Mailer Prize recipients". Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
  34. James D. Watts, Jr., "Poet Billy Collins wins 2016 Helmerich Award", Tulsa World , April 11, 2016.

Further reading

Cusatis, John. Conversations with Billy Collins. University Press of Mississippi, 2022