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Volume dedicated and Inscribed by the author to Larry Levis. From the Larry Levis Collection.Inscription: April 11, ‘91Dear Larry,I wanted you to have the first copy of this book because (Turn 2 pages, please) … You know WHAT WORK IS, & no one…
PS3562_E9 W47 1991 Philip Levine What Work Is cover rsz.jpg

Poem on two pages; each page signed at top "Larry Levis." Reader's comments handwritten by Philip Levine.Ink stain at right appears to have happened after comments were penned.
VCU M426 b6 f9_Winter Stars ink spill with Levine notes p1 rsz.jpg

First and last pages of a typed draft of "A Letter." Pencil notes by Larry Levis. Comment at end, written in ink, by Philip Levine.A letter salutation and closing written in pencil ("Dear" and "Love,") frame the poem.
VCU M 426 b 7  f5 A Letter p1_Dear rsz.jpg

Typed draft of "After the Blue Note Closes" in two pages. Page two has reader's comments by Philip Levine and revisions by Larry Levis.
VCU M 426 b7 f5_After the Blue Note Closes_typed with reader comments_p1 rsz.jpg
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