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Picnic, Lightning Paperback - 1998 - 1st Edition

by Billy Collins

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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."

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  • Title Picnic, Lightning
  • Author Billy Collins
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 104
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Publication date 1998-01-29
  • Features Limited Edition, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780822956709 / 0822956705
  • Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.01 x 6.1 x 0.35 in (20.35 x 15.49 x 0.89 cm)
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97-33955
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/1998, Page 1086
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/1998, Page 224

About the author

Billy Collins, named U.S. Poet Laureate in June 2001 and reappointed to the post in 2002, has published seven collections of poetry, including The Apple That Astonished Paris; Nine Horses; The Art of Drowning; Picnic, Lightning; Questions about Angels; and Sailing Alone Around the Room. A professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York, he lives in Somers, New York.
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