Philip Levine

Scratch Motor City, How About Poetry City?

Posted 03.21.2012

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It's that time of year we've all been waiting for -- no, not spring (though that's going pretty great), or the debut of a new soccer team (or should w...

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Literature As Legacy: Writing Across The Generational Divide

Laura Paull | Posted 04.25.2012

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Literature as a creator of dialogues that deepen and explore the dynamic between different generations is a theme of a multi-day event at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center his weekend, through Tuesday, Feb. 28.

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Ron Paul and The Anarchist Connection

Joel Sucher | Posted 04.18.2012

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For all his blemishes, Ron Paul has demonstrated that there is still a constituency that can be called on to hoist principle above political expediency.

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WATCH: Get To Know The Poet Laureate

Patrick Pressl | Posted 02.13.2012

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Online Archive Reveals Recorded Voices Of Noted Poets

Thomas Gladysz | Posted 10.20.2011

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Poetry is, at its heart and in its origins, an oral medium. To read a poet's work is one thing. To hear a poet read their work is something else altogether.

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The Super Bowl Of Poetry

Patrick Pressl | Posted 11.28.2011

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On the night of August 13th, just outside the Berklee Performance Center in Boston, Massachusetts Avenue was flooded with eager ears and a few newly...

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What Work Is: What Labor Day, the Poet Laureate, Adderall, Mountain Biking, and the Philosopher Horace have in Common

Michael Henry | Posted 11.09.2011

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Perhaps I needed to have already experienced Labor Day 2011 in order to begin contemplating the meaning of Labor Day, and the idea of labor, and how it relates to the craft of writing, and the work of our daily lives.

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Philip Levine and Other Mediocrities: What it Takes to Ascend to the Poet Laureateship

Anis Shivani | Posted 10.13.2011

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The truth about American poetry is that it is in very bad shape. The professional poetry establishment has taken care to mark serious criticism comin...

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What Is The Point Of A Poet Laureate?

Andrew Losowsky | Posted 10.11.2011

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The U.S. Poet Laureate is "the nation's official lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans" - that is, according to the Library of Congress, which each year selects the holder of the position. What does that description mean?

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Philip Levine's Factory Stiffs, Society's Throw-Aways

Jan Herman | Posted 10.11.2011

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In 1991 a Los Angeles Times editor assigned me to write an appreciation of "What Work Is" by Philip Levine. Now Levine has been appointed poet laureate by the Library of Congress, and suddenly everybody is writing about him.

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How Much Does Your Amazon Ranking Increase When You Become Poet Laureate?

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 10.11.2011

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NEW YORK -- The country wants to know more about its next poet-in-chief. Sales have jumped for books by Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize winner who on...

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U.S. Poet Laureate Announced

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 10.10.2011

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NEW YORK — Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine, known for his detailed and personal verse about the working class, has been appointed the countr...

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Labor Day Poems

poetryfoundation.org | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Poetry Foundation By Becca Klaver For the United States' 129th Labor Day, we bring you a variety of poems, podcasts, and articles--some meditate ...

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Why Do Repubicans Hate Artists And Writers So Much?

Lisa Solod | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't expect Republicans to own up to having read anything more challenging than a Tom Clancy novel, but would they really deny the rest of us the opportunity to do so?

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