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Levine, Philip, 1928-2015.

News of the world : poems / Philip Levine.

1st ed.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

viii, 65 pages ; 24 cm

A volume of prose poems and formal verses includes pieces on breakfasting late-shift Detroit auto workers, a woman who sings with the Spanish dawn, and an Andorran communist black-market supplier.

American poetry -- 20th century.

American poetry -- 21st century.

Poetry.

Poetry.

Levine, Philip, 1928-2015, signer.

Poets Laureate Collection (Library of Congress)

Includes bibliographical references.

Poet Laureate, 2011.

I. Our valley ; Unholy Saturday ; A story ; New Year's Eve, in hospital ; Before the war ; My fathers, the Baltic ; Yakov ; Innocence -- II. Dearborn suite ; An extraordinary morning ; Arrival and departure ; On me! ; Blood ; Homecoming ; Of love and other disasters ; Library days -- III. Fixing the foot: on rhythm ; Islands ; Not worth the wait ; In the white city ; Old world ; Closed ; The language problem ; News of the world -- IV. Alba ; The music of time ; During the war ; The death of Mayakovsky ; Two voices ; The heart of October ; Burial rites -- Magic.

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