Billy Collins

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Billy Collins
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Collins in 2015
BornWilliam James Collins
(1941-03-22) March 22, 1941 (age 83)
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.

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Further reading

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