The Art of Drowning

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Pub. Date: 1995-06-15
Publisher(s): Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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Summary

Billy Collins's poetry has been described by Gerald Stern as "heartbreakingly beautiful." Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours." The "New York Times calls him simply "the real thing." Over the past decade, Collins has garnered critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. To celebrate his years as U.S. Poet Laureate, the three books that helped establish and secure his reputation during the 1990s--"Questions About Angels; The Art of Drowning; and "Picnic, Lightning--are now available in special, limited edition hardcovers as well as in paperback.

Author Biography

Billy Collins, named U.S. Poet Laureate in June 2001 and reappointed to the post in 2002, has published seven collections of poetry, including The Apple That Astonished Paris; Nine Horses; Picnic, Lightning; Questions About Angels; and Sailing Alone Around the Room. A professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York, he lives in Somers, New York

Table of Contents

Dear Reader 3(4)
I
Consolation
7(1)
Osso Buco
8(2)
Directions
10(2)
Influence
12(2)
Water Table
14(2)
Reading in a Hammock
16(1)
Print
17(1)
Sunday Morning with the Sensational Nightingales
18(2)
Cheers
20(2)
The Best Cigarette
22(2)
Metropolis
24(2)
Days
26(1)
Tuesday, June 4, 1991
27(6)
II
The Art of Drowning
33(1)
Canada
34(2)
The Biography of a Cloud
36(2)
Death Beds
38(2)
Conversion
40(1)
Horizon
41(1)
The City of Tomorrow
42(2)
Thesaurus
44(2)
Fiftieth Birthday Eve
46(2)
On Turning Ten
48(2)
Shadow
50(1)
Workshop
51(6)
III
Keats's Handwriting
57(2)
Budapest
59(1)
My Heart
60(1)
Romanticism
61(2)
Monday Morning
63(1)
Dancing Toward Bethlehem
64(1)
The First Dream
65(1)
Sweet Talk
66(1)
Dream
67(1)
Man in Space
68(1)
Philosophy
69(2)
While Eating a Pear
71(1)
The End of the World
72(2)
Center
74(1)
Design
75(4)
IV
The Invention of the Saxophone
79(2)
Medium
81(2)
Driving Myself to a Poetry Reading
83(1)
Pinup
84(2)
Piano Lessons
86(3)
Exploring the Coast of Birdland
89(2)
The Blues
91(1)
Nightclub
92(2)
Some Final Words
94

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