Poetry Passages 158: Billy Collins - Interview & Reading (Part II)
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PART II of a new interview with former U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins, author twelve books of poetry, including his latest, Musical Tables--a collection of 125 "small poems" (Random House; 2022).
In this second episode of our two-part interview, Collins talks about his father's sense of humor and influence on his poetry, the type of reader he has in mind when he writes, and reveals some of his favorite things--and more! Collins also reads "No More" from his collection, Aimless Love, as well as a selection of small poems from Musical Tables.
Hosted by Clifford Rames.
More info--and buy the book here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...
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He forgot to plug his upcoming dog book when you prompted him with the 3 choices. I guess he already chose ;) Great interview! CPNP-approved ✅ 🤗
@PoetryPassages
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Thank you, Mihaela! I thought he would plug the dog book too. But I guess it’s because he’s promoting Musical Tables now, a book with Random House. I believe the dog book will be a very limited printing with another publisher. Such a gift he gave us with this interview. I’m just so grateful to Billy-and to the CPNP! Onward to World Poetry Domination! Hehe 😉
Ah, there it is! Now l can stop holding my breath. Thanks again for this, Cliff. I appreciate whatever work you do to do these interviews. It must've been hard to let the man go, eh?
@PoetryPassages
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Thank you, Joe. Yes, I desperately wanted to keep him on, but I could see he was getting tired. He gave so much, and every sentence he spoke is a keeper. I’m so grateful for every second he gave us. Hopefully he’ll come back on again someday! 😊
@joekennedy4662
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@@PoetryPassages l understand that, Cliff. Time is so much more precious to me than money these days. As Billy told you, you're doing a good work. Thank you for your time.