Author
Author Event - Billy Collins, "Dog Show: Poems"
St. Louis County Library Foundation
presents
Former United States Poet Laureate
Billy Collins
Author of “Dog Show: Poems"
Presented in partnership with the Saint Louis Poetry Center and Left Bank Books
In Conversation with Erin Quick, Executive Director of the Saint Louis Poetry Center
Sunday, November 23, 7:00 p.m.
(Doors open at 6:00 p.m.)
St. Louis County Library - Clark Family Branch
Post Event Space
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63131
For more than four decades, former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins has delighted readers with his insight, wit, and clear poetic voice. In “Dog Show,” “America’s favorite poet” (The Wall Street Journal) illuminates America’s favorite pet (sorry, cat lovers). In twenty-five poems, Collins distills the many ways dogs warm our hearts, from the happiness we experience as we watch a dog run unencumbered by our burdens, to the silliness of cradling a dog in our arms as we step on the scale together. Turning his inimitable eye and ear to the complexities of dog behavior, Collins ponders all that these winning creatures give us and what we learn from them about ourselves.
INDIVIDUAL TICKET $28 (Admits ONE and includes one copy of “Dog Show”)
OR
PACKAGE TICKET $35(Admits TWO and includes one copy of “Dog Show”)
Seating will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
Books provided by Left Bank Books
