An Afternoon with Billy Collins and Friends
An Afternoon with Billy Collins and Friends
Reading Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010
- "Celebrating 50 Years"
- Welcome
- "A Word about Poetry": Introductory Remarks
- Remarks on Poetry
- "A Poem Written by a Bear"
- "Social Security"
- "the laughing heart"
- "Elegy"
- "The End and the Beginning"
- "The Pruned Tree"
- from "Ulysses"
- "Moon Folly"
- "The Windhover"
- "El ángel ilegal/ The Illegal Angel"
- "A Chance Witnessing of the Morning Animal"
- "In the Strong Hold of Her Thin Arms"
- Introduction to "Litany"
- "Litany"
- "Grave"
- "Oh, My God!"
- "The Death of the Hat"
- "A Dog on His Master"
- "The Revenant"
- "The Golden Years"
- "Adage"
- "Feedback"
- "Forgetfulness"
- "The Lanyard"
- "On Turning Ten"
- Samuel Chelpka joins Billy Collins onstage
- Closing Remarks
- "Ars Poetica"
"Celebrating 50 Years"-5336
A film by Open Lens Productions
Welcome-5337
by University of Arizona President Robert N. Shelton
"A Word about Poetry": Introductory Remarks-5338
by Billy Collins
Remarks on Poetry-5339
by David Fitzsimmons
"A Poem Written by a Bear"-5340
Poem by Tao Lin, read by David Fitzsimmons.
Annotation:
Lin, Tao. this emotion was a little e-book. Bear Parade online chapbook.
"Social Security"-5341
Poem by Terence Winch, read by David Fitzsimmons.
Annotation:
Winch, Terence. "Social Security." Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry. Ed. Billy Collins. New York: Random House, 2003.
"the laughing heart"-5342
Poem by Charles Bukowski, read by David Fitzsimmons.
Annotation:
Bukowski, Charles. Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories. Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1996.
"Elegy"-5343
Poem by Natasha Trethewey, read by Howard Altmann.
Annotation:
Trethewey, Natasha. "Elegy." New England Review 2009-10: 6-7.
"The End and the Beginning"-5344
Poem by Wislawa Szymborska, read by Howard Altmann.
Annotation:
Szymborska, Wislawa. Poems New and Collected, 1957-1997. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998.
"The Pruned Tree"-5345
Poem by Howard Moss, read by Howard Altmann.
Annotation:
Moss, Howard. Finding Them Lost and Other Poems. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965.
from "Ulysses"-5346
Poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, read by Jennifer Lee Carrell.
Annotation:
Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Selected Poems. New York: Penguin, 2007. (Originally published in 1842.)
"Moon Folly"-5347
Poem by Fanny Stearns Davis, read by Jennifer Lee Carrell.
Annotation:
Davis, Fanny Stearns. Myself and I. New York: Macmillan, 1918.
"The Windhover"-5348
Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read by Jennifer Lee Carrell.
Annotation:
Hopkins, Gerard Manley. The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins. 4th ed. Eds. W. H. Gardner and N. H. MacKenzie. London: Oxford University Press, 1967. (Originally published in 1918.)
"El ángel ilegal/ The Illegal Angel"-5349
Poem by Gamaliel Rabago, read by Ernesto Portillo, Jr.
Annotation:
Rabago, Gamaliel. "El ángel ilegal/The Illegal Angel." A Decade of Young Corridistas. Trans. Wendy Burk. Tucson: The University of Arizona Poetry Center, 2010.
"A Chance Witnessing of the Morning Animal"-5350
Poem by Alberto Álvaro Ríos, read by Ernesto Portillo, Jr.
Annotation:
Ríos, Alberto Álvaro. The Theater of Night. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2005.
"In the Strong Hold of Her Thin Arms"-5351
Poem by Alberto Álvaro Ríos, read by Ernesto Portillo, Jr.
Annotation:
Ríos, Alberto Álvaro. The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body. Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 2002.
Introduction to "Litany"-5352
by Billy Collins
"Litany"-5353
Poem by Billy Collins, read by Samuel Chelpka (as recorded on YouTube).
Annotation:
Collins, Billy. Nine Horses. New York: Random House, 2002.
"Grave"-5354
Collins, Billy. Horoscopes for the Dead. New York: Random House, 2011.
"Oh, My God!"-5355
Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.
"The Death of the Hat"-5356
Collins, Billy. Picnic, Lightning. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998.
"A Dog on His Master"-5357
Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.
"The Revenant"-5358
Collins, Billy. The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems. New York: Random House, 2005.
"The Golden Years"-5359
Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.
"Adage"-5360
Collins, Billy. Ballistics. New York: Random House, 2008.
"Feedback"-5361
Collins, Billy. "Feedback." Weber: The Contemporary West Fall 2008: 15.
"Forgetfulness"-5362
Collins, Billy. Questions About Angels. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1991.
"The Lanyard"-5363
Collins, Billy. The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems. New York: Random House, 2005.
"On Turning Ten"-5364
Collins, Billy. The Art of Drowning. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1995.
Samuel Chelpka joins Billy Collins onstage-5365
Closing Remarks-5366
by Gail Browne
"Ars Poetica"-5367
Poem by Archibald MacLeish, read by Gail Browne.
Annotation:
MacLeish, Archibald. New and Collected Poems, 1917-1976. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. (Originally published in 1926.)
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Centennial Hall
In celebration of the University of Arizona Poetry Center's 50th anniversary, former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins reads his poems, including work from the forthcoming collection Horoscopes for the Dead. He is joined by David Fitzsimmons, Howard Altmann, Jennifer Lee Carrell, and Ernesto Portillo, Jr., reading favorite poems by a variety of authors.
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