The Rain in Portugal: Poems by Billy Collins (English) Paperback Book

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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Random House, an imprint and division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2016.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins comes a twelfth collection of poetry offering over fifty new poems that showcase the generosity, wit, and imaginative play that prompted The Wall Street Journal to call him "America's favorite poet."The Rain in Portugal—a title that admits he's not much of a rhymer—sheds Collins's ironic light on such subjects as travel and art, cats and dogs, loneliness and love, beauty and death. His tones range from the whimsical—"the dogs of Minneapolis . . . / have no idea they're in Minneapolis"—to the elegiac in a reaction to the death of Seamus Heaney. A student of the everyday, Collins here contemplates a weather vane, a still life painting, the calendar, and a child lost at a beach. His imaginative fabrications have Shakespeare flying comfortably in first class and Keith Richards supporting the globe on his head. By turns entertaining, engaging, and enlightening, The Rain in Portugal amounts to another chorus of poems from one of the most respected and familiar voices in the world of American poetry.Praise for The Rain in Portugal"Nothing in Billy Collins's twelfth book . . . is exactly what readers might expect, and that's the charm of this collection."—The Washington Post"This new collection shows [Collins] at his finest. . . . Certain to please his large readership and a good place for readers new to Collins to begin."—Library Journal"Disarmingly playful and wistfully candid."—Booklist

Author Biography

Billy Collins is the author of twelve collections of poetry including The Rain in Portugal, Aimless Love, Horoscopes for the Dead, Ballistics, The Trouble with Poetry, Nine Horses, Sailing Alone Around the Room, Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning, and Picnic, Lightning. He is also the editor of Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry, 180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day, and Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds. A former Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, Collins served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003 and as New York State Poet from 2004 to 2006. In 2016 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Florida with his wife Suzannah.

Review

"Nothing in Billy Collins's twelfth book . . . is exactly what readers might expect, and that's the charm of this collection."—The Washington Post"This new collection shows [Collins] at his finest. . . . Certain to please his large readership and a good place for readers new to Collins to begin."—Library Journal"Disarmingly playful and wistfully candid."—Booklist

Review Quote

"Imaginative thinking gives this collection its richness. . . . The work also shows a variety of styles . . . [that provide] both pleasure and a vivid example of how one's thoughts, when unrestrained, can lead to unexpected destinations." -- The Washington Post " The Rain in Portugal reminds us of the importance of wishes, and that as long as we have poetry, we are not alone." -- O Magazine "Disarmingly playful and wistfully candid." -- Booklist (starred review) From the Hardcover edition.

Details ISBN0812982681 Author Billy Collins Short Title RAIN IN PORTUGAL Pages 128 Language English ISBN-10 0812982681 ISBN-13 9780812982688 Format Paperback DEWEY 811.54 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-10-17 Imprint Random House Trade Paperbacks Subtitle Poems Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2017-10-17 NZ Release Date 2017-10-17 US Release Date 2017-10-17 UK Release Date 2017-10-17 Place of Publication New York Publisher Random House USA Inc Audience General We've got this

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