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Nine Horses

Poems

Author Billy Collins
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Random House Group | Random House Trade Paperbacks
On sale Oct 14, 2003 | 144 Pages | 9780375755200
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Nine Horses is yet another brilliant curve in the phenomenal trajectory of this poet’s career. Already in his forties when he debuted with a full-length book, The Apple That Astonished Paris, Collins has become the first poet since Robert Frost to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal. And, as if to crown this success, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001–2002, and reappointed for 2002–2003.

What accounts for this remarkable achievement is the poems themselves, quiet meditations grounded in everyday life that ascend effortlessly into eye-opening imaginative realms. These poems, in which Collins continues his delicate negotiations between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac, are sure to sustain and increase his audience of avid readers.
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Copyright © 2002 by Billy Collins. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
© Laura Wilson
Billy Collins is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, the most recent being Water, Water. He is a former Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY). He served as United States Poet Laureate and as New York State Poet. He is a New York Public Library “Literary Lion” and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is currently “between dogs,” his most recent one being an Australian Shepherd mix named Jeannine. He lives in Winter Park, Florida. View titles by Billy Collins

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Nine Horses is yet another brilliant curve in the phenomenal trajectory of this poet’s career. Already in his forties when he debuted with a full-length book, The Apple That Astonished Paris, Collins has become the first poet since Robert Frost to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal. And, as if to crown this success, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001–2002, and reappointed for 2002–2003.

What accounts for this remarkable achievement is the poems themselves, quiet meditations grounded in everyday life that ascend effortlessly into eye-opening imaginative realms. These poems, in which Collins continues his delicate negotiations between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac, are sure to sustain and increase his audience of avid readers.

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Copyright © 2002 by Billy Collins. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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© Laura Wilson
Billy Collins is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, the most recent being Water, Water. He is a former Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College (CUNY). He served as United States Poet Laureate and as New York State Poet. He is a New York Public Library “Literary Lion” and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is currently “between dogs,” his most recent one being an Australian Shepherd mix named Jeannine. He lives in Winter Park, Florida. View titles by Billy Collins

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