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Billy Collins: has published four volumes of poetry: The Art of Drowning, 1995; Questions About Angels, 1991; Video Poems, 1980; and Pokerface, 1977. Mr. Collins was awarded a National Poetry Series publication prize for Questions About Angels . His poems have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Poetry; Chelsea; Boulevard; TriQuarterly; The New Yorker; American Poetry Review; and The Paris Review. Mr. Collins lives in New York and teaches at Lehman College (CUNY).
About The Apple that Astonished Paris...

Published by The University of Arkansas Press, The Apple that Astonished Paris is the third book of poems by Billy Collins. The Hudson Review describes the selections in The Apple that Astonished Paris as "highly accessible... delightful in their wit, friendly lines, odd juxtapositions..."

The Apple that Astonished Paris by Billy Collins ISBN#: 1-55728-023-1 ISBN# 1-55728-024-X The University of Arkansas Press 201 Ozark Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201

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Books available by Billy Collins:
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems — Hardcover
Picnic, Lightning (Pitt Poetry Series) — Paperback
Picnic, Lightning (Pitt Poetry Series) — Hardcover
The Art of Drowning — Paperback
The Art of Drowning — Hardcover
Questions About Angels — Paperback
The Apple That Astonished Paris — Hardcover

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