Billy Collins - March 8, 2001

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UA Poetry Center

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Billy Collins Colloquium

Billy Collins discusses the poetic process. He begins by reading a poem he composed the morning of the colloquium, "Lying in Bed in the Dark I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona," which would later be published in Nine Horses.

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Introduction
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by Alison Hawthorne Deming

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On the poetic process
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Includes "Lying in Bed in the Dark I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona," a poem composed in Tucson the morning of the colloquium, read here for the first time.

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Collins, Billy. Nine Horses. New York: Random House, 2003.

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Response to the question "Who taught you how to write?"
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On adjective and adverb use
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On the elegaic tone of "Lying in Bed in the Dark I Silently Address the Birds of Arizona"
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On writing exercises
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Response to the question "How have your ideas about form changed over time?"
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Response to the question "Do you read your work to others to try it out?"
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On slam and performance poetry
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Response to the question "Do you feel you are still learning about writing?"
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On listening to music while writing
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