I realized poetrys the thing that I can do cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity. – Philip Levine
Therell always be working people in my poems because I grew up with them, and I am a poet of memory. – Philip Levine
My mother carried on and supported us her ambition had been to write poetry and songs. – Philip Levine
Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. Youll have that readership. Keep going until you know youre doing work thats worthy. And then see what happens. Thats my advice. – Philip Levine
Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything Ive learned about poetry – the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible – but also the ability to create a narrative that, though lacking a novels length, satisfies the reader. – Ron Rash