Dueling Anthologists

by Billy Collins, Garrison Keillor

Billy Collins, former United States poet laureate, and Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, return to the Y to read favorite poems from their new anthologies 180 Extraordinary Poems for Every Day (Mr. Collins) and Good Poems for Hard Times (Mr. Keillor).

Genres: Poetry

Audiobook

First published December 8, 2005

About the author

William James Collins is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. In 2016, Collins was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As of 2020, he is a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.

Reviews

[Bruce Cline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dueling Anthologists: Garrison Keillor and Billy Collins (2005, 1.5 hours audiobook). There are few better ways to spend 90 minutes than listening to these two writers reading poems, discussing poetry, laughing, jousting with each other, and answering questions from an appreciative audience. Each read others’ poems from anthologies each collected and published, many quite good. A marvelous time spent with two masters of the spoken word.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love their books, love this recording. These gentlemen have done a lot for poetry (and they are so doggone funny). A winner!

[Sharron · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a pleasure it was to listen to these two brilliant, charming men reflect on life and creativity as they read poetry.

[Art · Rating 4 out of 5]

Keillor is just naturally funny. And the two of them were having a really great time. I deeply enjoyed revisiting this.