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A Working Man's Poet

Philip Levine grew up in industrial Detroit and worked on the assembly lines at GM as a young man. Marketplace’s Kai Ryssdal speaks with the Pulitzer Prize-winner about how those early experiences shaped his poetry.

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Originally appeared in Poetry magazine.

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