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”)

• A book signing line will follow the presentation.

Seating will be offered on a first come, first served basis.

Books provided by Left Bank Books

Host or Publisher St. Louis County Library and Chamber Music Society of St. Louis