Philip Levine at the NYS Writers Institute in 1996

By Luke Stromberg • February 16, 2015 • E-Verse Universe, Feature

The former Poet Laureate of the United States (2011-2012) Philip Levine died this weekend at the age of 87. Levine was best known for his poems about the American working class and his native city of Detroit. Below is footage of him speaking and reading at The NYS Writers Institute in 1996, the year after he won a Pulitzer Prize for his collection The Simple Truth.

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Luke Stromberg

Luke Stromberg is the Associate Poetry Editor of E-Verse. His work has appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The New Criterion, The Hopkins Review, Think Journal, and several other venues.