Billy Collins Gleefully Needles Opaque Poets Former US Poet Laureate Billy Collins discusses his decision to go by Billy, branding oneself as a poet, and the tendency for poets to come off as mysterious. By Daniel Asa Rose
March, The Cruelest Month April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.Winter By Spencer Morgan
Painter R.B. Kitaj Letting Loose at 72, But Far From London The career of R.B. Kitaj, whose work is the subject of a very large exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery, is By Hilton Kramer