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    Billy Collins

    Billy Collins has received fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. A professor of English at Lehman College, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001–2003. He lives with his wife in Westchester County, NY.

    Books by Billy Collins

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      Aimless Love
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      The Rain in Portugal
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      Horoscopes for the Dead
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      Ballistics
    • Book cover for 9780330441698
      The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems
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      Nine Horses
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      Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes

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