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ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST-LOVED POETS
Billy Collins
7 p.m. Monday, November 25, 2024
Conversation/Q&A with WAMC's Joe Donahue
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203 See map.
Billy Collins is one of America’s favorite poets, celebrated for his wit and laugh-out-loud humor, as well as the friendly, conversational style of his poetry.
His new book, Water, Water (Nov. 2024), features sixty poems about the joys and mysteries of daily life. A cat learns to drink from a swimming pool; a nurse calls a name in a waiting room; an astronaut recites Emily Dickinson from outer space—such common and uncommon events are captured here with equal fascination.
The New York Times said, "Collins remains the most companionable of poetic companions." He served as US Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003, and as New York State Poet under the auspices of the NYS Writers Institute from 2004 to 2006.
The first 150 audience members will receive a free copy of Water, Water as a holiday gift from the Writers Institute.
Major support for The Creative Life is provided by the University at Albany Foundation.
From billycollinspoetry.com
Billy Collins is the author of twelve collections of poetry including Whale Day, The Rain in Portugal, Aimless Love, Horoscopes for the Dead, Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning.
He is also the editor of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, and Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds.
A former Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, Collins served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and as New York State Poet from 2004 to 2006. In 2016 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(Photo credit Laura Wilson)
