Talk:Philip Levine (poet)

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Modern American Poetry, now added. 64.12.116.9 22:50, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A different Dr Philip Levine won the Albert Lasker award for clinical medical science

[edit] Lisa Ling / Philip Levine

NOTE TO WIKIPEDIA STAFF: This entry incorrectly cites Philip Levine as having been formerly engaged to Lisa Ling. This is not the same Philip Levine.

[edit] Levine the Anarchist?

Levine has stated in So Ask: Essays, Conversations, and Interview that he's not an "anarchist" per se, though he does have sympathy with the movement.

Calling him an "anarchist poet" isn't simply wrong-headed; it's plain unfactual. --The Prowler, 6.5.06

[edit] Literary nonsense

I am not sure if an article on Levine, or any writer, should include literary analysis of his or her works in the way it is persented here. It reads like a review of a Greenday concert. I would like to see less review of the "quality" and "meaning" of Levine's work and more about his contributions to the art of poetry. Bad analysis should never be used to back up false statements about a wrtier's life.

--concerned reader