My lost poets a life in poetry Works. Selections Levine, Philip 1928-2015 creator author. Hirsch, Edward editor. text bibliography biography Biography. nyu 2016 2016 First Edition. monographic eng print ix, 210 pages ; 22 cm "Essays, speeches, and journal entries from one of our most admired and best-loved poets that illuminate how he came to understand himself as a poet, the events and people that he wrote about, and the older poets who influenced him. In prose both as superbly rendered as his poetry and as down-to-earth and easy as speaking, Levine reveals the things that made him the poet he became. In the title essay, originally the final speech of his poet laureate year, he recounts how as a boy he composed little speeches walking in the night woods near his house and how he later realized these were his first poems. He wittily takes on the poets he studied with in the Iowa Writing Program: John Berryman, who was his great teacher and lifelong friend, and Robert Lowell, who was neither. His deepest influences--jazz, Spain, the working people of Detroit--are reflected in many of the pieces. There are essays on Spanish poets he admires, William Carlos Williams, Wordsworth, Keats, and others. A wonderful, moving collection of writings that add to our knowledge and appreciation of Philip Levine--both the man and the poet"-- "Essays, speeches, and journal entries from one of our most admired and best-loved poets that illuminate how he came to understand himself as a poet, the events and people that he wrote about, and the older poets who influenced him"-- My lost poets -- Nobody's Detroit -- On finding William Carlos Williams and my poetry -- Detroit jazz in the late forties and early fifties -- A history of my befuddlement -- A day in May -- A means of transport: George Hitchcock and kayak -- The Spanish Civil War in poetry -- In the next world: the poetry of Roberta Spear -- Getting and spending. Philip Levine ; edited by Edward Hirsch. Includes bibliographical references. Levine, Philip 1928-2015 Levine, Philip 1928-2015 Friends and associates Levine, Philip 1928-2015 Poetry Authorship Poetry Influence Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Poets, American 20th century Biography LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays POETRY / American / General BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs Friendship Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Poetry Authorship Poetry Influence Poets, American 1900-1999 fast PS3562.E9 A6 2016 811/.54 B LCO010000 POE005010 BIO026000 9780451493279 0451493273 9780451493293 2016022244 DLC 160819 20170926151218.0 in00003726393 eng