SOURCE: "A Conversation with Philip Levine," in Tri-Quarterly, Winter, 1995-96, pp. 67-82.
In the following interview, Levine answers questions from students at Davidson College regarding his method and style of writing, the political relevance of poetry, and his most recent collection, The Simple Truth.
[Chris Wyrick] Congratulations on the big prize! [The Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for The Simple Truth (1994)]
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