Billy Collins
Billy Collins, now in his second term as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, is the author of six books of poetry including his latest Nine Horses: Poems (Random House, 2002). As Poet Laureate, he has developed the "Poetry 180" program, an innovative Web site at to attract high school students to daily readings of poetry. His honors include fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, as well as numerous poetry prizes. Mr. Collins, a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College, City University of New York, lives in Sommers, New York.
