Billy Collins was born in New York City in 1941. He is the author of several
books of poetry, including Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems (Random House,
2012); Ballistics: Poems (2008); She Was Just Seventeen (2006);
The Trouble with Poetry (2005); Nine Horses (2002); Sailing
Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (2001); Picnic,
Lightning (1998); The Art of Drowning (1995), which was a finalist
for the Lenore
Marshall Poetry Prize; Questions About Angels (1991),
which was selected by Edward
Hirsch for the National Poetry Series; The Apple That
Astonished Paris (1988); Video Poems (1980); and Pokerface
(1977).
A recording of Collins reading thirty-three of his poems, The Best
Cigarette, was released in 1997. Collins's poetry has appeared in
anthologies, textbooks, and a variety of periodicals, including Poetry,
American Poetry Review, American Scholar, Harper's,
Paris Review, and The New Yorker.
His work has been featured in the Pushcart Prize anthology and has been
chosen several times for the annual Best American Poetry series. Collins has
edited Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (Random House, 2003), an
anthology of contemporary poems for use in schools and was a guest editor for
the 2006 edition of The Best American Poetry.
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books of poetry, including Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems (Random House,
2012); Ballistics: Poems (2008); She Was Just Seventeen (2006);
The Trouble with Poetry (2005); Nine Horses (2002); Sailing
Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems (2001); Picnic,
Lightning (1998); The Art of Drowning (1995), which was a finalist
for the Lenore
Marshall Poetry Prize; Questions About Angels (1991),
which was selected by Edward
Hirsch for the National Poetry Series; The Apple That
Astonished Paris (1988); Video Poems (1980); and Pokerface
(1977).
A recording of Collins reading thirty-three of his poems, The Best
Cigarette, was released in 1997. Collins's poetry has appeared in
anthologies, textbooks, and a variety of periodicals, including Poetry,
American Poetry Review, American Scholar, Harper's,
Paris Review, and The New Yorker.
His work has been featured in the Pushcart Prize anthology and has been
chosen several times for the annual Best American Poetry series. Collins has
edited Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry (Random House, 2003), an
anthology of contemporary poems for use in schools and was a guest editor for
the 2006 edition of The Best American Poetry.
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/278