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• For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion.

  Philip Levine

  Sea, Ordinary, Oblivion

  Philip Levine (2002). “So ask: essays, conversations, and interviews”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.

  Philip Levine

  Three, Jazz, Hours

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• It's ironic that while I was a worker in Detroit, which I left when I was twenty six, my sense was that the thing that's going to stop me from being a poet is the fact that I'm doing this crummy work.

  Philip Levine

  Ironic, Detroit, Facts

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• Back then, I couldn't have left a poem a year and gone back to it.

  Philip Levine

  Years, Gone, Left

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• My father died when I was five, but I grew up in a strong family.

  Philip Levine

  Strong, Father, Grew

  Philip Levine (2002). “So ask: essays, conversations, and interviews”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet.

  Philip Levine

  Poet, Young, Written

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• I was very lucky to have a mother who encouraged me to become a poet.

  Philip Levine

  Mother, Lucky, Poet

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• I'm seventy-one now, so it's hard to imagine a dramatic change.

  Philip Levine

  Dramatic, Imagine, Seventies

  Philip Levine (2002). “So ask: essays, conversations, and interviews”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• I started listening to music when I wrote when I had three sons at home.

  Philip Levine

  Home, Son, Listening

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• But most commonly, it's one poem that I work on with a lot of intensity.

  Philip Levine

  Intensity

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