Billy Collins - March 14, 2009

Date
Sponsors

UA Poetry Center, Tucson Festival of Books

Reading Series
Location
Gallagher Theater, Student Union
Billy Collins

Billy Collins reads for the inaugural Tucson Festival of Books, including new poems that would be published two years later in Horoscopes for the Dead.

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Introduction
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by Gail Browne

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"You, Reader"
Citation

Collins, Billy. The Trouble With Poetry. New York: Random House, 2005.

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"Monday"
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Collins, Billy. The Trouble With Poetry. New York: Random House, 2005.

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"Palermo"
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Collins, Billy. Horoscopes for the Dead. New York: Random House, 2011.

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"Hangover"
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Introduced as "Migraine/Hangover."

Citation

Collins, Billy. Horoscopes for the Dead. New York: Random House, 2011.

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"Genesis"
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Collins, Billy. Horoscopes for the Dead. New York: Random House, 2011.

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"Tension"
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Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.

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"Oh, My God!"
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Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.

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"Divorce"
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Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.

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"The Trouble with Poetry"
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Collins, Billy. The Trouble With Poetry. New York: Random House, 2005.

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"Litany"
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Collins, Billy. Litany. New York: Random House, 2002.

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"Hippos on Holiday"
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Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.

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"This Little Piggy Went to Market"
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Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.

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"Adage"
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Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.

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"The Lanyard"
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Collins, Billy. The Trouble With Poetry. New York: Random House, 2005.

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"Forgetfulness"
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Collins, Billy. Questions About Angels. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999.

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"On Turning Ten"
Citation

Collins, Billy. The Art of Drowning. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.

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Question and Answer Session
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Billy Collins
Photographer
Christine Krikliwy
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