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  <name><![CDATA[Billy Collins]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[William A. (&quot;Billy&quot;) Collins is an American poet. He served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. In his home state, Collins has been recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004.]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>New York City</hometown>  <born_at>03/22/1941</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Nine Horses: Poems]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Picnic, Lightning (Pitt Poetry Series)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Trouble with Poetry: And Other Poems]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Art Of Drowning (Pitt Poetry Series)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Questions About Angels: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series)]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Ballistics: Poems]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Apple That Astonished Paris: Poems by Billy Collins]]></title>
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