Philip Levine

Metamorphosis

One day you wake up and you have a new face.
What's this? you say
in the harsh kosher manner
of your mother-in-law in a high-class restaurant.

ALthough your hair is Titian red
and not ...

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 woman and he wanted to impress her ...

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 current events or, perhaps, offer a brief respite from the news of the day. Today, a reflection ...

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 current events or, perhaps, offer a brief respite from the news of the day. Today, an introduction ...

For the past few weeks, we have been inviting poets on to our air to read a poem of their choice. Last week, pulitzer prize winning poet Philip Levine was thinking about green markets, hoping that spring would arrive soon. This week, he's thinking about the troops we're ...

At about this time of year as the green markets are just beginning to offer local produce, Pulitzer prize winning Poet Philip Levine is reminded of this poem by Galway Kinnell. Philip Levine divides his time between New York City and Fresno, California . He teaches at New ...