Working-Class Poet Levine Named Nation's Next Laureate

Name: Working-Class Poet Levine Named Nation's Next Laureate
Uploaded: 2011-08-10T22:33:00Z
Duration: P394S
Description: Philip Levine, a former auto worker who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, was named Wednesday as the next poet laureate of the United States. Jeffrey Brown profiled Levine last year.

Clip: 08/10/2011 | 6m 34s

Philip Levine, a former auto worker who became a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, was named Wednesday as the next poet laureate of the United States. Jeffrey Brown profiled Levine last year.

Aired: 08/10/11

Rating: NR

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