Billy Collins

U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Reads Best-Selling Verse

Billy Collins, who was America's Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2003, reads from his works at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury. Popular with both critics and audiences alike, his recent collections have broken sales records for poetry. He's known for his dryly witty live poetry readings, and is a frequent guest on NPR and "A Prairie Home Companion". Collins has been hailed by "The New York Times" as "the most popular poet in America," and was deemed Poet of the Year in 1994 by "Poetry Magazine".