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A Carol

by Philip Levine

Levine: I'd like to bring you a carol, a x-mas carol that I think most of you have never heard before. You think you've heard em all but you haven't heard this one. This is by C Day ....

Yankees Land in World Series: It's Pure Poetry!

by Philip Levine

Phil Levine: I can remember the first time I went to Yankee Stadium… and I'd heard so much about it. I grew up in Detroit so of course I loathed the Yankees, they were constantly beating....

WNYC Poet In Residence

by Philip Levine

For kids attending public schools in the city, the last day of school is here. Although it's been over 50 years since he was in school, WNYC poet in residence Phil Levine remembers vividly w....

Philip Levine Reads William Matthews

by Philip Levine

Levine: In 1948 a guy I knew -- who had a lot of money-- asked me to drive his Oldsmobile from Detroit to New York City and to meet him at a fancy hotel because he had a date with a wo....

WNYC Poet In Residence

by Philip Levine

WNYC has invited Pulitzer prize winning writer Philip Levine to be our poet in residence. Over the next two months, Levine will share some of his favorite poetry that resonate with curr....