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Asking, what does the poem mean? kills the poem, Collins says.
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Each poem is a journey, and the reader is meant to come along.
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Getting writers to talk about their writing is harder than you think.
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Billy Collins, on his fraught relationship with his teachers.
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When you’re not writing, Billy Collins says, there’s fear that you will never write again.
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Collins says he hopes he’s brought people back to poetry.
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Billy Collins describes growing up in New York with a mother well-versed in poetry.