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About this Poem
Recorded on February 23, 1978. From the Academy of American Poets Archive.
Author
Philip Levine
The author of numerous award-winning poetry collections, Philip Levine was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2000. In 2011, he was named the 18th U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress, and in 2013, he received the Academy of American Poets' Wallace Stevens Award for proven mastery in the art of poetry.
Date Published
02/23/1978