{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Poet Billy Collins Reflects on 9\/11 Victims in 'The Names'","publication_date":"September 11, 2011","summary":"Billy Collins was the U.S. poet laureate at the time of the 9\/11 attacks. A year later, he wrote \"The Names\" in honor of the victims. He read the poem before a special joint session of Congress held in New York City in 2002, and reads it again now.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2011\/09\/bbfd63e717fb227dd39ae2d2b0df6783-poet_billy_collins.jpg"}