Candid Poet has Mass Appeal ; Success Not Taken for Granted
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › April 14, 2008
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Most poets toil in obscurity, knowing that their scribbles will never find a large audience, but not Billy Collins. The former U.S. poet laureate sees fans crowd his readings, is a darling of the NPR set, and is one of a handful of living poets who can crack best- seller lists with his books.
"I, frankly, don't believe what's happened to me," Collins, 67, said from a winter retreat in Florida.See the full content of this document
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Candid Poet has Mass Appeal ; Success Not Taken for Granted
But, on the most basic level, he loves the attention.
"Writers are the kind of people who...See the full content of this document
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