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The newest essays, interviews, and features from Big Think.

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America needs to find a new way of thinking.
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One’s faith can survive a split between theology and iconography.
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The poet is just as responsible for a small audience.
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Coleridge’s “Conversation” poems inspire much of Collins’ work.
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Asking, what does the poem mean? kills the poem, Collins says.
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Each poem is a journey, and the reader is meant to come along.
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Getting writers to talk about their writing is harder than you think.
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Billy Collins, on his fraught relationship with his teachers.
Walking down the street is like a night at the opera, Collins says.
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Thank God every 20 minutes for your eyesight.
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Balance human drive and human community.
Every time an ax goes into a forest…
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Billy Collins discusses the challenges facing the United States.