External Websites

The following links to external websites provide more information about the life and works of Philip Levine.

Biographical information about Philip Levine can be found on the following websites.

Academy of American Poets External
Biography of Philip Levine, samples of his poetry and prose, and links to external resources.
Philip Levine in The New Yorker External
A selection of materials by and about Levine that appeared in The New Yorker.
The Poetry Archive External
Brief biography and commentary on Levine, along with audio recordings of five poems.
Poetry Foundation External
Biography of Philip Levine, more than 80 full-text poems, and audio video recordings of Levine reading and discussing his poetry.
Encyclopedia Britannica External
A biography of Philip Levine.

For the latest news and discussions related to Philip Levine, see:

A selected list of news articles, interviews, and conversations, arranged in chronological order, follows below.

Selected Articles, News, and Interviews

"Remembering, Honoring Poet Laureate Levine" External
Fresno State News. September 20, 2017
"On Philip Levine, the Workingman’s Poet" External
Tablet. September 1, 2017
"Philip Levine Obituary" External
The Guardian. March 1, 2015
"Remembering Former Poet Laureate Philip Levine" External
The Conversation. February 24, 2014
"My Lost Poet: Anger and Tenderness in Philip Levine" External
The Paris Review. February 23, 2015
"What 'What Work Is' Is: The Importance of Philip Levine" External
Samizdat blog. February 21, 2015
"Philip Levine, U.S. Poet Laureate Who Wrote of Working Life, Dies at 87" External
The Washington Post. February 17, 2015
"Philip Levine, The 'Walt Whitman' of Industrial Detroit" External
The Detroit News. February 17, 2015
"Philip Levine, a Poet of Grit, Sweat and Labor, Dies at 87" External
The New York Times. February 15, 2015
"An Appraisal: The Poet Philip Levine, an Outsider Archiving the Forgotten" External
The New York Times. February 15, 2015
"Philip Levine, 1928–2015" External
The Daily blog, The Paris Review. February 15, 2015
"Watch Philip Levine Recite, Discuss Packard Poem" External
Detroit Free Press. February 15, 2015
"Former Poet Laureate Philip Levine, a Champion of the Working Class, Dies at 87" External
Bookmarks blog, San Francisco Chronicle. February 15, 2015
"Poet Laureate Philip Levine" External
American Libraries. November 12, 2011
"For the Poet Laureate, the Joy of Tennis Is in the Effort" External
Straight Sets: Tennis Blog of The New York Times. September 10, 2011
"The Courage of Philip Levine" External
CounterPunch. August 26, 2011
"Philip Levine's Factory Stiffs, Society's Throw-Aways" External
The Huffington Post. August 11, 2011
"Philip Levine: The "Proletariat Poet'" External
The Christian Science Monitor. August 11, 2011
"Making Rare Appearance: People and Their Appetites" External
The New York Times. August 9, 2011
"Voice of the Workingman to Be Poet Laureate" External
The New York Times. August 9, 2011
"Profile of Philip Levine, Poet Laureate" External
The Washington Post. August 9, 2011
"Philip Levine – 'Our Questions for Phil'" External
The Cortland Review. Winter 2009
"An Interview with Poet Philip Levine" External
Poets & Writers. March 10, 2008
"Q. & A.: Working Poets" External
The New Yorker. October 30, 2006
"Blue Collar and Academic Meet in the Poetry of Philip Levine" External
seattlepi.com. March 4, 2004
Interview with Philip Levine External
nycBigCityLit.com. August 2001
"Interview with Philip Levine" External
The Cortland Review. May 1999
"A Useful Poetry: An Interview with Philip Levine" External
The Atlantic Online. April 8, 1999
"The Unwritten Biography: Philip Levine and Edward Hirsch in Conversation" External
Academy of American Poets. 1999
"The Poet of the Night Shift" External
Los Angeles Times. December 28, 1994
Interview with Philip Levine External
Wild Duck Review. 1994
"Philip Levine" External
"The Art of Poetry No. 39," The Paris Review, Issue 107 (Summer 1988)

A selection of radio programs featuring Philip Levine or in which Levine and his work are discussed are listed below.

"Fresh Air Remembers Former U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine" External
Fresh Air, NPR. February 20, 2015 (19:46)
"Philip Levine, Who Found Poetry On Detroit's Assembly Lines, Dies At 87" External
Morning Edition, NPR. February 15, 2015 (4:48)
"Shifting Gears" - Phalana Tiller Interviews Philip Levine External
Drucker on the Dial. October 14, 2011 (23:13)
"Poet Laureate Philip Levine Gives A Voice To Workers" External
Here & Now, WBUG. September 5, 2011 (20:21)
"David Kipen on Poet Laureate Philip Levine" External
The Madeleine Brand Show. August 17, 2011 (7:27)
"New Poet Laureate Philip Levine's 'Absolute Truth'" External
All Things Considered, NPR. August 14, 2011 (4:28)
"Poet Laureate Philip Levine Reads From His 'Work'" External
Fresh Air, NPR. August 12, 2011 (6:22)
Philip Levine reads "Mingus at the Half Note"External
WNYC. August 10, 2011 (4:10)
"Philip Levine" External
Bookworm, KCRW. January 4, 2007 (28:29)
"A Reading of 'Ode to Salt'" External
All Things Considered, NPR. December 3, 2005 (2:30)
"Levine's Lifelong Ode to the Working Class" External
All Things Considered, NPR. January 15, 2005 (7:12)

Podcasts and other non-radio audio recordings featuring Philip Levine are listed below.

"Philip Levine on His 80th Birthday" External
One Poet's Notes. January 10, 2008
Philip Levine: Essential American Poets External
Poetry Foundation. September 13, 2007 (17:58)
"A Reading by Philip Levine" External
Blackbird. March 16, 2004
"Philip Levine with Kate Daniels" External
Lannan Foundation. March 19, 2003 (1:21:47)
"Philip Levine with Kate Daniels" External
Iowa Digital Library, The University of Iowa Libraries. April 2, 1984 (1:27:22)
"Philip Levine: November 24, 1958" External
The Poetry Center (San Francisco). November 24, 1958 (13:54)
Academy of American Poets External
Recordings of "A New Day" and "M. Degas Teaches Art & Science at Durfee Intermediate School, Detroit 1942"
The Cortland Review External
Recordings of "Distant February," "The Privilege of Power, 1965," and "Assembly"
Internet Poetry Archive External
Recordings of eight poems
Poetry Foundation External
Select "Poems, Articles, & More" to find audio and video recordings of Levine.

Many videos of Philip Levine reading and discussing his work can be found below.

YouTube External
Search results for "Philip Levine"
"Philip Levine - Poets in Person" External
The Cortland Review. Winter 2009
"American Roots: Victor Hernandez Cruz, Joy Harjo, Phillip Levine" External
Writers Uncensored series, Deep Dish TV. 1991 (28:00)
"Belle Isle, 1949" External
Poetry Everywhere (2:02)

Philip Levine, U.S. Poet Laureate: A Resource Guide

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External Websites

Selected Articles, News, and Interviews

Poetry Reviews

The Last Shift (2016)

News of the World (2009)

Breath: Poems (2004)

The Mercy: Poems (1999)

The Simple Truth (1994)

Prose Reviews

My Lost Poets (2016)

The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography (1994)