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Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins âthe most popular poet in America.â He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems.
In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collinsâs The Apple That Astonished Paris, his âfirst real book of poems,â as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Pressâs twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Pressâs all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, âI gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.â After âwhat seemed like a very long timeâ Press director Miller Williams, a poet as well, returned the poems to him in the âfamiliar self-addressed, stamped envelope.â He told Collins that there was good work here but that there was work to be done before heâd have a real collection he and the Press could be proud of: âWilliamsâs words were more encouragement than I had ever gotten before and more than enough to inspire me to begin taking my writing more seriously than I had before.â
This collection includes some of Collinsâs most anthologized poems, including âIntroduction to Poetry,â âAnother Reason Why I Donât Keep a Gun in the House,â and âAdvice to Writers.â Its success over the years is testament to Collinsâs talent as one of our best poets, and as he writes in the preface, âthis new edition . . . is a credit to the sustained vibrancy of the University of Arkansas Press and, I suspect, to the abiding spirit of its former director, my first editorial father.â
About: In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins's THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS, his "first real book of poems," as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expessly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press's twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press's all-time best sellers.
About: Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins âthe most popular poet in America.
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