"Characteristic of Contemporary American Literature." Lake Mills. K12, 2012. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
This is a list of the characteristics of Contemporary Literature from a class that is given at Lake Mills Schooling District which is a part of the K12 program which is a credible source. I can use this information as background knowledge to the time period that Billy Collins is writing in. Also this gave so information on the time period in general including the year of the period.
"Characteristic of Contemporary Literature." 21L.488 Contemporary Literature (n.d.): n. pag. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2007. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
This is a list of the characteristics of Contemporary Literature from a class that is given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology which is a credible source. I can use this information as background knowledge to the time period that Billy Collins is writing in.
Collins, Billy, and Grace Cavalieri. "Grace Cavalieri Interviews Poet Laureate Billy Collins." Pembroke Magazine 35 (2003): 252-269. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee. Vol. 68. Detroit: Gale, 2006. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
This is an interview with Billy Collins by Grace Cavalieri from Pembroke Magazine. This interview includes information from Collins’s childhood and where he got ideas for his poems. Collins gives some insight on the Poetry 180 that he created in his time as the United States Poet Laureate. This is a credible resource coming from the Gale Literature Resource Center Database that is located on Dayton Metro Library’s website. The information that I can use from this source is his childhood background and some more insight that was given on his newly created form of poetry and information on his Poetry 180 program that he wanted High Schools to develop.
Collins, Billy. "Paradelle for Susan." The American Scholar 66.3 (1997): 430. Literature Resource Center. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
This is the source that the poem “Paradelle for Susan” came from. It comes for the Literature Resource Center database from the Dayton Metro Library website making it a credible source. I also checked various other sites to see if the words were the same and they were. I will use this source for explicating the poem and looking at it to examine the criticisms towards it as well.
Cunningham, John M. "Collins, Billy." Student Research Center. EBSCOhost, 1 Mar. 2012. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.
This is a short biography of Billy Collins giving the gist and most basic happenings of his life. It starts with his birth and location of his birth and then goes to his schooling and major accomplishments in his life. The major accomplishment that is mainly included is his Poet Laureate position. The source that this biography comes from is a database that is a subsection of EBSCOhost which is known for its credible information. I can use some of the information received from this short biography to include in the biography and background of Billy Collins.
Day, Kay. "Billy Collins." The Writer Apr. 2006: 66. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
This is an interview with Billy Collins about how and where his ideas for his poetry comes from. It is an overview of his writing including his writing routine. He also gives advice at the end to other writers and future writers. This source comes from Gale Cengage Learning Literature Resource Center database off of the Dayton Metro Library’s website making it a credible source. I will use this information from the interview in my biography and background on the author.
Jensen, Jeffry. "Billy Collins." Magill's Literary Annual Apr. 2012: 1-3.Literary Reference Center. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
This is a criticism of Billy Collins as a whole. It also references some of individual poems and gives some background of these poems and what events in his life that affected him. This criticism came from a branch of the EBSCOhost database making it a credible source. I can use this source as criticism for Billy Collins and place it in his background information.
Shedd, Virginia. "Love's Lost Words: Billy Collins's PARADELLE FOR SUSAN." Explicator 69.1 (2010): 38-40. Literary Reference Center. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
This is a criticism and analysis of an individual poem that Billy Collins wrote. It gives background on how the paradelle came about and what the form consist of. It also helps to explain what is going on in the poem and help to decide what the real meaning is. This source comes from the Explicator which is a credible source. I can use this source in furthering my own explication of the poem and broaden my knowledge of the poem and Billy Collins himself.
This is a list of the characteristics of Contemporary Literature from a class that is given at Lake Mills Schooling District which is a part of the K12 program which is a credible source. I can use this information as background knowledge to the time period that Billy Collins is writing in. Also this gave so information on the time period in general including the year of the period.
"Characteristic of Contemporary Literature." 21L.488 Contemporary Literature (n.d.): n. pag. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2007. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
This is a list of the characteristics of Contemporary Literature from a class that is given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology which is a credible source. I can use this information as background knowledge to the time period that Billy Collins is writing in.
Collins, Billy, and Grace Cavalieri. "Grace Cavalieri Interviews Poet Laureate Billy Collins." Pembroke Magazine 35 (2003): 252-269. Rpt. in Poetry Criticism. Ed. Michelle Lee. Vol. 68. Detroit: Gale, 2006. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
This is an interview with Billy Collins by Grace Cavalieri from Pembroke Magazine. This interview includes information from Collins’s childhood and where he got ideas for his poems. Collins gives some insight on the Poetry 180 that he created in his time as the United States Poet Laureate. This is a credible resource coming from the Gale Literature Resource Center Database that is located on Dayton Metro Library’s website. The information that I can use from this source is his childhood background and some more insight that was given on his newly created form of poetry and information on his Poetry 180 program that he wanted High Schools to develop.
Collins, Billy. "Paradelle for Susan." The American Scholar 66.3 (1997): 430. Literature Resource Center. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
This is the source that the poem “Paradelle for Susan” came from. It comes for the Literature Resource Center database from the Dayton Metro Library website making it a credible source. I also checked various other sites to see if the words were the same and they were. I will use this source for explicating the poem and looking at it to examine the criticisms towards it as well.
Cunningham, John M. "Collins, Billy." Student Research Center. EBSCOhost, 1 Mar. 2012. Web. 12 Nov. 2014.
This is a short biography of Billy Collins giving the gist and most basic happenings of his life. It starts with his birth and location of his birth and then goes to his schooling and major accomplishments in his life. The major accomplishment that is mainly included is his Poet Laureate position. The source that this biography comes from is a database that is a subsection of EBSCOhost which is known for its credible information. I can use some of the information received from this short biography to include in the biography and background of Billy Collins.
Day, Kay. "Billy Collins." The Writer Apr. 2006: 66. Literature Resource Center. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
This is an interview with Billy Collins about how and where his ideas for his poetry comes from. It is an overview of his writing including his writing routine. He also gives advice at the end to other writers and future writers. This source comes from Gale Cengage Learning Literature Resource Center database off of the Dayton Metro Library’s website making it a credible source. I will use this information from the interview in my biography and background on the author.
Jensen, Jeffry. "Billy Collins." Magill's Literary Annual Apr. 2012: 1-3.Literary Reference Center. Web. 14 Nov. 2014.
This is a criticism of Billy Collins as a whole. It also references some of individual poems and gives some background of these poems and what events in his life that affected him. This criticism came from a branch of the EBSCOhost database making it a credible source. I can use this source as criticism for Billy Collins and place it in his background information.
Shedd, Virginia. "Love's Lost Words: Billy Collins's PARADELLE FOR SUSAN." Explicator 69.1 (2010): 38-40. Literary Reference Center. Web. 17 Nov. 2014.
This is a criticism and analysis of an individual poem that Billy Collins wrote. It gives background on how the paradelle came about and what the form consist of. It also helps to explain what is going on in the poem and help to decide what the real meaning is. This source comes from the Explicator which is a credible source. I can use this source in furthering my own explication of the poem and broaden my knowledge of the poem and Billy Collins himself.