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

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

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Publisher Description

In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. 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.

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 of staying home instead. 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.

GENRE
Nonfiction
NARRATOR
BC
Billy Collins
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
01:14
hr min
RELEASED
2005
August 2
PUBLISHER
Random House Audio
SIZE
76.5
MB

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