WASHINGTON - MAY 23: Poet Billy Collins reads a poem during the Library Of Congress Gershwin Prize For Popular Song Gala at the Warner Theater May 23, 2007 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
ATLANTA -- Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins will give a free reading at Emory University later this month.
Collins will speak at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 29 at Emory's Glenn Memorial Auditorium. The school expects a capacity crowd for the popular poet.
Collins has authored eight collections, including The Trouble with Poetry in 2005, Ballistics in 2008 and most recently Horoscopes for the Dead last year. He is a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York.
Books and a limited-edition broadside will be available for sale at the reading and signing afterward. The reading is part of the Raymond Danowski Poetry Library Reading Series.
The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
(Associated Press)