Philip Levine, the 18th Poet
Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, will connect
with high schools and public libraries via video conference to read and
discuss three of his poems: "Our Valley," "The Simple Truth," and "What
Work Is." The reading and discussion will be followed by an extended
question and answer period with video conference participants.
Event Date: Friday, May 4, 3 p.m. Eastern Time
Viewing the Event: This event will be streamed live on the Web. A link to the live video feed will be available from the Poetry and Literature Center home page – http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
Event Date: Friday, May 4, 3 p.m. Eastern Time
Viewing the Event: This event will be streamed live on the Web. A link to the live video feed will be available from the Poetry and Literature Center home page – http://www.loc.gov/poetry/
PHILIP LEVINE was born in Detroit in 1928, to Russian-Jewish
immigrant parents, and educated at Wayne University (now Wayne State),
the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and Stanford University. He
is the author of twenty collections of poetry, and his honors include
the Pulitzer Prize, two National Book Awards, and two National Book
Critic Circle Awards.
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