Staff Reviews & Reader’s Guides
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The Language of Letting Go
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Crooked Little Vein
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Martha Stewart's Cookies
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Y: The Last Man
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Ballistics
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Billy Collins has done it again. “Ballistics,” his newest collection of poetry, is charming, witty, and engaging. Collins, former US Poet Laureate, writes poetry that is accessible, yet subtle and meaningful. He has a knack for observation; for taking the ordinary and making it unexpected. This collection is similar in many ways to his previous volumes, but Collins has added reflections on divorce, aging, and the end of life. If poetry does not normally appeal to you, Billy Collins is the poet to try.
Written by Billy Collins, 2008. Other work includes: “The Art of Drowning” 1995, “Picnic, Lightning” 1998, “Questions About Angels” 1999, “Nine Horses” 2002, “Poetry 180: turning Back to Poetry” 2003, “The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems” 2005. Located on the third floor in the non-fiction collection (811.54 Col).
