The Apple That Astonished Paris

Poems

Fiction & Literature, Poetry, American
Cover of the book The Apple That Astonished Paris by Billy Collins, University of Arkansas Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Billy Collins ISBN: 9781610750226
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: University of Arkansas Press Language: English
Author: Billy Collins
ISBN: 9781610750226
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Publication: February 1, 2014
Imprint: University of Arkansas Press
Language: English

Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems.

In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.” After “what seemed like a very long time” Press director Miller Williams, a poet as well, returned the poems to him in the “familiar self-addressed, stamped envelope.” He told Collins that there was good work here but that there was work to be done before he’d have a real collection he and the Press could be proud of: “Williams’s words were more encouragement than I had ever gotten before and more than enough to inspire me to begin taking my writing more seriously than I had before.”

This collection includes some of Collins’s most anthologized poems, including “Introduction to Poetry,” “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House,” and “Advice to Writers.” Its success over the years is testament to Collins’s talent as one of our best poets, and as he writes in the preface, “this new edition . . . is a credit to the sustained vibrancy of the University of Arkansas Press and, I suspect, to the abiding spirit of its former director, my first editorial father.”

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Bruce Weber in the New York Times called Billy Collins “the most popular poet in America.” He is the author of many books of poetry, including, most recently, The Rain in Portugal: Poems.

In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.” After “what seemed like a very long time” Press director Miller Williams, a poet as well, returned the poems to him in the “familiar self-addressed, stamped envelope.” He told Collins that there was good work here but that there was work to be done before he’d have a real collection he and the Press could be proud of: “Williams’s words were more encouragement than I had ever gotten before and more than enough to inspire me to begin taking my writing more seriously than I had before.”

This collection includes some of Collins’s most anthologized poems, including “Introduction to Poetry,” “Another Reason Why I Don’t Keep a Gun in the House,” and “Advice to Writers.” Its success over the years is testament to Collins’s talent as one of our best poets, and as he writes in the preface, “this new edition . . . is a credit to the sustained vibrancy of the University of Arkansas Press and, I suspect, to the abiding spirit of its former director, my first editorial father.”

More books from University of Arkansas Press

Cover of the book Right to DREAM by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Stories of Survival by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Up Against the Wall by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Slavery and Secession in Arkansas by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Protect Yourself at All Times by Billy Collins
Cover of the book The Future Ain't What It Used to Be by Billy Collins
Cover of the book The Arkansas Delta by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Race and Ethnicity in Arkansas by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Showdown in Desire by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Unequal Laws Unto a Savage Race by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Protection Spell by Billy Collins
Cover of the book The First Twenty-Five by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Dethroning the Deceitful Pork Chop by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Mourner's Bench by Billy Collins
Cover of the book Bullets and Fire by Billy Collins
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy