WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Billy Collins Reads "The Lanyard"

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Billy Collins taught college English in the Bronx for 30 years before he became a best.
Collection
WGBH
Series
WGBH Forum Network
Program
Billy Collins Reads "The Lanyard"
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
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Description
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Billy Collins reads his poem "The Lanyard", which explores how contrasting images can create meaning as, he remembers a gift he made for his mother.
Date
2009-04-01
Topics
Literature
Subjects
Literature & Philosophy; Culture & Identity
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:00:11
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Credits
Speaker2: Collins, Billy
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: 0a931b611008c1b74157c9d55a620c7352a2187b (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Duration: 00:00:00
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Chicago: “WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Billy Collins Reads "The Lanyard",” 2009-04-01, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 30, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8911n7xs4z.
MLA: “WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Billy Collins Reads "The Lanyard".” 2009-04-01. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 30, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8911n7xs4z>.
APA: WGBH; WGBH Forum Network; Billy Collins Reads "The Lanyard". Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-8911n7xs4z