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Interview: Billy Collins discusses his goals as the new poet laureate for the Library of Congress

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On yesterday's program, we heard from some of the poets laureate at work in various communities around the country. Today, we meet the guy at the top, so to speak. Billy Collins is the new poet laureate at the Library of Congress. Collins is a New Yorker, 60 years old, a college professor, a ...

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