Hailed by The New York Times as “the most popular poet in America,” former U.S. Poet Laureate and best-selling author Billy Collins generates fans all over the world with his incomparable talent for capturing subjects of everyday life—love, death, solitude, youth, and one’s triumphs and defeats. The Carpenter Performing Arts Center presents a fascinating and intimate glimpse into the heart and soul of a brilliantly thoughtful man as he reads from his body of work.