Congrats to Philip Levine, our new Poet Laureate

The big news in poetry is that Philip Levine is the new U.S. Poet Laureate so we want to wish him congratulations!  Two of his poems (“Songs” and “Waking in Alicante”) appear in Solace in So Many Words. Our admiration for his writing was the reason we contacted Philip Levine, and our admiration for him grew as we worked with him.  Phil is down-to-earth and approachable, just like his poetry.

To learn more about Philip Levine and his latest appointment, you can read his biography posted by the Poetry Foundation, or the one posted by  the Academy of American Poets at Poets.org, or the article from his hometown paper, The Fresno Bee. But if you really want to learn about Philip Levine, read his books:  New Selected Poems, What Work Is, The Simple Truth, Unselected Poems, The Mercy, Breath and News of the World are just the latest of his many titles.

(Photo: © Frances Levine)