Book summaryThis selected volume presents 20 new poems and draws on four of Collins previous books, THE APPLE THAT ASTONISHED PARIS; QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS; THE BEST CIGARETTE; and PICNIC, LIGHTNING. Collins was named the 2001-2002 United States Poet Laureate. This collection was named a Notable Book by the New York Times in 2001. Media reviews"Collins's new greatest hits collection, SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM, is certainly hospitable. There are brainy, observant, spit-shined moments on almost every page...He's the anti-Jorie Graham...You finish SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM feeling pleased that such a sensible and gifted man is America's poet laureate -- young writers have plenty to learn from his clarity and apparent ease -- while harboring nagging doubts about whether his work belongs on the high shelf of work by the best living American poets. Which is probably O.K. with Collins. I'd guess he wants his collections on that lower shelf, perhaps even a bedside table, anywhere that's close at hand. " |
SAILING AROUND THE ROOMby Collins, BillyFirst American edition
Book desription: New York: Random House, 2001. Wraps First American edition Fine The Advanced Reader's Edition in printed wraps (not the proof) of one of the best selling books of poetry in recent years. This collection comprises poems from four earlier University Press titles as well as a nice selection of new poems.
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