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Pitt Poetry Ser.: Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins (1998, Trade Paperback)

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Picnic, Lightning, Paperback by Collins, Billy, ISBN 0822956705, ISBN-13 9780822956709, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Presents a collection of poems that explores the minutiae of life

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Winner of the 1999 Paterson Poetry Prize Over the past decade, Billy Collins has emerged as the most beloved American poet since Robert Frost, garnering critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. Annie Proulx admits, I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours. John Updike proclaims his poems consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides. This special, limited edition celebrates Billy Collins's years as U.S. Poet Laureate. Picnic, Lightning --one of the books that helped establish and secure his reputation and popularity during the 1990s--combines humor and seriousness, wit and sublimity. His poems touch on a wide range of subjects, from jazz to death, from weather to sex, but share common ground where the mind and heart can meet. Whether reading him for the first time or the fiftieth, this collector's edition is a must-have for anyone interested in the poet the New York Times calls simply the real thing.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN-10
0822956705
ISBN-13
9780822956709
eBay Product ID (ePID)
327247

Product Key Features

Book Title
Picnic, Lightning
Author
Billy Collins
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, American / General
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Poetry
Number of Pages
104 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
6.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3553.O47478p52 199
Reviews
"Billy Collins's poetry is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is also wise, funny, and brilliant. My ten favorites keep shifting all the time. Ovid is in again; so is Billy Collins." --Gerald Stern, "Billy Collins writes lovely poems--lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides." --John Updike, "Billy Collins writes lovely poems-lovely in a way almost nobody's since Roethke's are. Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious than they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others besides." --John Updike, "Billy Collins's poetry is heartbreakingly beautiful. It is also wise, funny, and brilliant. My ten favorites keep shifting all the time. Ovid is in again; so is Billy Collins." --Gerald Stern, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours--smart, his strings tuned and resonant, his wonderful eye looping over the things, events and ideas of the world, rueful, playful, warm-voiced, easy to love." --E. Annie Proulx, "Billy Collins, America's poet laureate, 'hits you between the eyes' with his 'twisted' take on everyday life." --U.S. News & World Report, "The easy swing of Collins's lines reflect his love of jazz and his ready response to beauty; the warmth of his voice emanates from his instinct for pleasure and his propensity toward humor. . . . Collins is jazzman and Buddhist, charmer and prince." --Booklist, "Billy Collins writes a kind of poetry that is . . . graceful, inviting, generous-hearted, able to treat engagingly of life's pleasures as well as its pain. . . . entering a poem by Mr. Collins is like entering a comfortable yet beautifully appointed guet room; for the time being, it will give you all that you need." --The Washington Times
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
97-033955
Dewey Decimal
811.54
Series
Pitt Poetry Ser.
Dewey Edition
21

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