Primary Source Spotlight: Billy Collins
Billy Collins served as the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2001-2003 and then as New York State Poet Laureate from 2004-2006. Collins is the author of 11 books of poetry and was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2016.
Integrating Tech: Poetry 180 a project of U.S. U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins
Video
- Poetry 180: Bookfest 02
- Poet Laureate Billy Collins Reads his Poems
- Everyday Moments Caught in Time Ted2012
- 2014 Book Festival Video (Poetry)
- 2014 Book Festival Video
- 2002 Book Festival Webcast
- 2002 Book Festival Webcast (with Poetry 180 high school students)
Audio
- 2014 Book Festival Podcast
- Billy Collins reading Walt Whitman’s poem I hear America singing 03/19/03
Introduction to Poetry poem by Billy Collins
How to read a poem out loud Poetry 180
Billy Collins brief bio & bibliography
Billy Collins biography Poetry Foundation
‘Gently and Consistently Startling’ Library of Congress Information Bulletin July/August 2001 – Vol 60, No. 7/8
Billy Collins Reappointed Library of Congress Information Bulletin May 2002 – Vol 61, No. 5
Farewell to the Laureate Library of Congress Information Bulletin June 2003 – Vol 62, No. 6
Former Poets Laureate Battle for Pop Culture Supremacy From the Catbird Seat blog
Poem Dedicated to Library Published as Children’s Book Library of Congress Blog October 3, 2014