Highlights from DIVA: Philip Levine

Browse through our collection of more than 50 recordings from the Poetry Center Digital Archive on DIVA. The Poetry Center Digital Archive currently features recordings from the 1950s by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Langston Hughes, Allen Ginsberg, and more.

For example, check out this recording by former poet laureate Philip Levine. The recording includes his poems "An Abandoned Factory, Detroit," "Night Thoughts Over a Sick Child," "Green Thumb," and "The Drunkard." His poems focus on the condition of factory workers in Detroit and are founded on his experiences working in auto manufacturing.

For more information on the Poetry Center Digital Archive, follow this link.