Table of Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: Their Invisible Great Good Luck Jane Mead xvii
A Laureate in Letters: Philip Levine in Correspondence, 1994-2011 Aaron Belz 1
Rhymes with Deer Ciaran Berry 5
Philip Levine, Professional Wrestling, and Me Paula Bohince 10
Mine Own Philip Levine Shane Book 13
Changed Utterly B. H. Boston 18
On the Teaching of Philip Levine Xochiquetzal Candelaria 25
It's beautiful whether or not you let it be Colin Cheney 30
They Feed They Lion and Me Michael Clifton 37
A Real Fact Michael Collier 39
Trust the Poet: Reflections on Phil Levine at Three Universities Nicole Cooley 44
Birth in a Poetry Position: On Philip Levine Kate Daniels 47
What We Were Doing Was Work Blas Manuel De Luna 53
Homage to Mr. Levine Kathy Fagan 56
Terrific Andrew Feld 61
A Light Inside Nick Flynn 65
Thirty Years from Somewhere Edward Hirsch 69
Philip Levine: The Proof of My Patience Sandra Hoben 73
An Exquisite Simulacrum Ishion Hutchinson 78
The Surprising Chill Lawson Fusao Inada 83
Philip Levine and My Pursuit of a Life in Poetry Joseph O. Legaspi 85
Philip Levine: A Resonant Presence Mari L'esperance 89
Winter, 1985 Mark Levine 94
Philip Levine Larry Levis 101
Worth Fighting For: An Essay for Philip Levine Ada Limón 108
Phil Levine at Houston: My First Teacher Elline Lipkin 113
The Capricorn's Pedagogy Dante Micheaux 119
The Simple Voice of Philip Levine Tomás Q. Morín 124
High above the Atlantic Malena Mörling 129
A Love Supreme: Notes toward an Appropriate Gratitude John Murillo 133
An Apprentice's Tale Daniel Nester 138
Reading Philip Levine in 1972 Sharon Olds 143
So Enough January Gill O'Neil 146
Finding Levine Greg Pape 149
On the Meeting of García Lorca Kathleen Peirce 154
Jabs, Uppercuts, and Kindness: The Humanity of Philip Levine Sam Pereira 156
Permission to Be: Philip Levine at Columbia, 1978 Jeffrey Skinner 160
To See What It Was Worth Tom Sleigh 165
Philip Levine and the Hands of Time David St. John 168
The Poems We Carry Brian Turner 173
A Walk with Philip Levine Robert Wrigley 178
Contributors 183
Permissions 193
