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Billy Collins:
Picnic, Lightning - new book

ISBN: 9780822956709

ID: 978082295670

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. Billy Collins, Books, Fiction and Literature, Picnic, Lightning Books>Fiction and Literature, University of Pittsburgh Press

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Billy Collins:
Picnic, Lightning - used book

1999, ISBN: 0822956705

ID: 677637

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. anthologies,literature and fiction,poetry Poetry, University of Pittsburgh Press

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Collins, Billy:
Picnic, Lightning - used book

1990, ISBN: 9780822956709

ID: 3550392

Billy Collins's poetry has been described by Gerald Stern as "heartbreakingly beautiful." Annie Proulx admits, "I have never before felt possessive about a poet, but I am fiercely glad that Billy Collins is ours." The "New York Times calls him simply "the real thing." Over the past decade, Collins has garnered critical acclaim and broad popular appeal. To celebrate his years as U.S. Poet Laureate, the three books that helped establish and secure his reputation during the 1990s--"Questions About Angels; The Art of Drowning; and "Picnic, Lightning--are now available in special, limited edition hardcovers as well as in paperback. Picnic, Lightning Collins, Billy, University of Pittsburgh Press

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Collins, Billy:
Picnic, Lightning - signed or inscribed book

1998, ISBN: 0822956705

Paperback, First edition, ID: 12943859849

[EAN: 9780822956709], Near Fine, [PU: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr], Poetry|Anthologies (multiple authors), Poetry|General, SIGNED and dated on title page without personalization. Mr. Collins additionally wrote his address at Lehman College on rear endpaper. Three tips have a 1/8 inch bruise. All else is fine.

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Collins, Billy:
Picnic, Lightning - signed or inscribed book

1998, ISBN: 0822956705

Paperback, ID: 1377646339

[EAN: 9780822956709], [PU: University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh], POETRY POET LAUREATE LITERATURE, Poetry|Anthologies (multiple authors), Poetry|General, Signed by author. Small bump at bottom corner.