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Poet Billy Collins

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English professor and former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins has been dubbed “the most popular poet in America.” He joins Michael Krasny to discuss his new anthology, “Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems.”

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Billy Collins, former U.S. poet laureate, distinguished professor of English at Lehman College in the Bronx and author of over a dozen books, including "The Art of Drowning" and "Nine Horses"

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