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Why Billy Collins Is America’s Most Popular Poet
Public Intellectual
He’s read by many—you can even find his poems in New York City subway cars—but what makes Billy Collins so loved? By Austen Rosenfeld.
Austen Rosenfeld
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Oct. 22 2013
5:45AM EDT
Jill Toyoshiba/Chicago Tribune, via Newscom,JILL TOYOSHIBA
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