In remembrance of the passing of Philip Levine, we'll hear a March 5, 2012, interview Daniel & Ben held with the then-Poet Laureate of the United States. Levine talks about his love of New York City, why he always wanted to be a poet, his life as the U.S. Poet Laureate, and how the Diego Rivera murals in Detroit influenced him as a young man. Levine also contributes this week’s Poem of the Week, reading his own poem, “Llanto” (for Ernesto Trejo).
Philip Levine died Feb. 14, 2015 at age 87.
Aired Feb 22, 2015.