Philip Levine, Working Person’s Poet Laureate, Bids Adieu
Philip Levine recently completed his yearlong tenure as the U.S. poet laureate, a position that gave nationwide attention to his affinity with working people. With his writing roots deep within the world of work—and encapsulated in his signature poetry collection, “What Work Is”—Levine gave us all in the union movement the opportunity to engage with the art of poetry and understand more about the role of poet laureate.
