Billy Collins Live: A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space April 20, 2005

Collins is the Poet Laureate of the United States.From the Hardcover edition.. He is a Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. Billy Collins is the author of six collections of poetry, including Sailing Alone Around the Room; Questions About Angels; The Art of Drowning; and Picnic, L

Poetry and Laughter -- Best I've Heard Jules I must start out by saying that I've been a huge Billy Collins fan forever. And this is the first audio performance CD I've ever purchased. I was thrilled with what I heard. His delivery is charming and has the timing of a seasoned actor/stand-up comedian. Just readi. BUY this CD I'd heard Billy Collins on "Prairie Home Companion" so when I spotted this on our local library shelves, I thought I'd try a longer reading. Listened while I was doing dishes, etc., and half-way through had decided that this would make an excellent stocking-stuffer f. Awesome! Funny! Thoroughly entertaining and delicious!! "The Best Cigarette" is good. This is fantastic. Live reading by the auther is how Collins' poems should all be heard. Bill Murray's introduction will have you in stitches. There is nothing like this and you should own this. Do not wait, order now. The only way this

From the Inside Flap In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Often compared to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most often standing room only. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. At times pensive and sardonic, amusing and subtly sarcastic, "Billy Collins Live celebrates both the simple and the complex in a language that appeals to all. In addition to the poetry readings, Collins also spends some time in a brief question and answer session where he reflects on what makes good poetry, his own process of reaching his audiences as a poet, the success of his Poetry 180 programs in schools nationwide, and an amusing sidebar on his memories growing up as an only child.

At times pensive and sardonic, amusing and subtly sarcastic, Billy Collins Live celebrates both the simple and the complex in a language that appeals to all.. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Performed by the author at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City, Billy Collins reads 24 of his poems, including "Dharma" --a spiritual yet humbling ode to man's best friend, "The Lanyard--an amusing recollection about the popular, if not pointless, summer camp pastime, and "Consolation" --a tongue-in-cheek reflection of a cancelled European trip, and the benefits