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Philip Levine

Born: 01/10/1928   Detroit , MI
Died: 02/14/2015
Parents: A. Harry and Esther G. Priscol Levine
Spouse: Frances Artley Levine
Children: Mark, John, Theodore (Teddy)
Address(es):
last known address:
Fresno , CA
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/philip-levine
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
News of the World Poetry Adult New York, NY : Knopf 2009
So Ask : Essays, Conversations, and Interviews Non Fiction Adult Ann Arbor, MI : University of Michigan Press 2002
The Mercy Poetry Adult New York, NY : Knopf 1999
The Simple Truth
- Winner of the Pulitzer Prize 		Poetry Adult New York, NY : Knopf 1994
The Bread of Time : Toward an Autobiography (memoir)
- In paperback from University of Michigan Press, 2002 		Biography Adult New York, NY : Knopf 1994
New Selected Poems Poetry Adult New York, NY : Knopf 1991
What Work Is
- National Book Award Winner based on his years of working in the auto plants in Detroit, Michigan. 		Michigan , Poetry Adult New York, NY : Knopf 1991
They Feed They Lion Poetry Adult Atheneum, Knopf 1991
A Walk with Tom Jefferson Poetry Adult New York, NY : Knopf 1988
Sweet Will Poetry Adult New York, NY : Atheneum 1985
Selected Poems
- Includes several poems on Detroit 		Michigan Adult New York, NY : Atheneum 1984
7 Years from Somewhere Poetry Adult New York, NY : Atheneum 1979
Ashes : Poems New and Old Poetry Adult New York, NY : Atheneum 1979
Names of the Lost
- Winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets 		Poetry Adult Iowa City, IA : Windhover Press 1975
Pili's Wall Poetry Adult Santa Barbara, CA : Unicorn Press 1971
5 Detroits Poetry Adult Santa Barbara, CA : Unicorn Press 1970
Thistles: A Poem Sequence Poetry Adult Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press 1970
Not This Pig Poetry Adult Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press 1968
Silent in America: Vivas for Those Who Failed Poetry Adult Iowa City, IA : Shaw Avenue Press 1965
On the Edge Poetry Adult Iowa City, IA: Stone Wall Press 1963
- Also edited, translated, co-edited, wrote introductions, contributed to numerous anthologies Poetry Adult
- Works have appeared in the following: Poetry, The New Yorker, Partisan Review, Hudson Review, Kayak, Atlantic, Harper's, Commentary, Field, Ploughshares, American Poetry Review, Georgia Review, Nation, Double Take. Fifty anthologies Poetry Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "Persistence. Work until I can't and then work some more."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Poet

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- English major 		Oakland University Rochester Hills , MI

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Professor of English Tufts University Medford 1981 -1988
Professor of English California State University Fresno , CA 1958 -1992
Faculty University of Iowa Iowa City 1955 -1957
- Read his poetry at Library of Congress, University of Michigan, Stanford University, Guggenheim Museum, Wayne State University, and several others.
Teacher of writers groups
- Poet-in-residence, visiting professor of poetry 		Princeton University, Columbia University, Squaw Valley Writers Community, Bread Load, and Midnight

Other Resources:

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