# Philip Levine Gives Inaugural Reading as U.S. Poet Laureate

Philip Levine, whose poetry has honored the working man for almost half a century, gives his inaugural reading as the 18th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced the Laureate's appointment on Aug. 10.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2011
- By: Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688752/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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