The apple that astonished Paris : poems : poems / by Billy Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Billy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, Arkansas : University of Arkansas Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Billy Collins is Distinguished professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. He was appointed poet laureate of the United States for 2001-2003 and is currently the poet laureate of New York State. He is the author of eight collections of poetry including his latest, The Trouble with Poetry.</div>

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""I. AWAY""; ""Vanishing Point""; ""Walking Across the Atlantic""; ""The Blue""; ""Schoolsville""; ""Driving with Animals""; ""Strange Lands""; ""Tuscany""; ""Tourist: Dromahair, Co. Sligo""; ""Flying to a Funeral""; ""Etymology""; ""Hunger""; ""Hart Crane""; ""Winter Syntax""; ""Plight of the Troubadour""; ""The Frankenstein Poet""; ""Lost""; ""The Past""; ""Fur""; ""Flames""; ""II. HOME""; ""Books""; ""On Closing Anna Karenina""; ""Indoors""; ""Death""; ""Remembering Dreams""; ""Earthling""

""Child Development""""Putting Down the Cat""; ""The Lesson""; ""Lowell, Mass.""; ""Programs""; ""The Morning After My Death""; ""Personal History""; ""Bar Time""; ""Insomnia""; ""Another Reason Why I Don�t Keep a Gun in the House""; ""Cancer""; ""Embrace""; ""The Rival Poet""; ""My Number""; ""Poem""; ""Hopeless but Not Serious""; ""Advice to Writers""; ""Introduction to Poetry""; ""Desire""; ""The Brooklyn Museum of Art""; ""About the Author""

Notes:

"With a new preface."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610750226

1610750225

OCLC:

908100595