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What Work Is : Poems

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PS3562_E9 W47 1991 Inscription from Phillip Levine to Larry Levis rsz.jpg
PS3562_E9 W47 1991 Philip Levine What Work Is cover rsz.jpg
PS3562_E9 W47 1991 Philip Levine What Work Is title page autograph rsz.jpg
PS3562_E9 W47 1991 Philip Levine What Work Is flyleaf rsz.jpg
PS3562_E9 W47 1991 Philip Levine What Work Is half title rsz.jpg
PS3562_E9 W47 1991 Inscription from Phillip Levine to Larry Levis rsz.jpg
Title: What Work Is : Poems
Creator: Levine, Philip
Date: 1991
Source: PS 3562 .E9 W47 1991
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library
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Description: Volume dedicated and Inscribed by the author to Larry Levis. From the Larry Levis Collection.

Inscription:

April 11, ‘91
Dear Larry,
I wanted you to have the first copy of this book because (Turn 2 pages, please) …
You know WHAT WORK IS, & no one has helped me as much as you with my work while I did this book.
So in a way (turn two pages, please) …
This book is yours & for you,
FOR LARRY LEVIS,
& this is a token of how much thanks I feel, my brother & friend in this crazy enterprise we call poetry or life.
Love,
Phil

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Levine, Philip, “What Work Is : Poems,” VCU Libraries Gallery, accessed November 24, 2024, https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/84381.