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American poet and educator Philip Levine, born January 10, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, was educated at Wayne State University (A.B., 1950) and the University of Iowa (M.F.A., 1957). Born August 2, 1934, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, poet and educator Stephen Berg attended the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, and the University of Indiana, prior to receiving a B.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1959. Since 1963 Stephen Berg has served on the faculty of Temple University in Philadelphia, as well as the Philadelphia College of Art.

From the description of Philip Levine letters to Stephen Berg, 1961-1972. (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 624584134

Evory, Ann and Linda Metzger (eds.) Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, Volume 8. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1983. p. 58. Lesniak, James G. (ed.) Contemporary Authors. New Revision Series, Volume 37. Detroit: Gale Research Inc., 1992. pp. 281-284.

American poet and educator Philip Levine, born January 10, 1928, in Detroit, Michigan, was educated at Wayne State University (A.B., 1950) and the University of Iowa (M.F.A., 1957).

Teaching English and poetry, Levine served on the faculties of the University of Iowa (1955–1957), California State University (1958–), Tufts University (1981–), the University of Cincinnati (1976), the National University of Australia (1978), Columbia University (1978, 1981, 1984), New York University (1984, 1991), and Brown University (1985). He has also taught at Squaw Valley Writers Community, Bread Loaf, and Midnight Sun.

Since his first collection of poems, On the Edge, was published by Stone Wall Press in 1961, Philip Levine has written more than twenty books of poetry. Several of his books have received awards, including the National Book Award for Poetry in 1991 for What Work Is (1991). His later publications are The Simple Truth: Poems (1994) and The Bread of Time: Toward an Autobiography (1994).

Born August 2, 1934, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, poet and educator Stephen Berg attended the University of Pennsylvania, Boston University, and the University of Indiana, prior to receiving a B.A. from the State University of Iowa in 1959. Since 1963 Stephen Berg has served on the faculty of Temple University in Philadelphia, as well as the Philadelphia College of Art.

Berg's poems were first published in Berg-Goodman-Mezey by New Ventures Press in 1957. Naked Poetry: Recent American Poetry in Open Forms (1969), Berg's widely acclaimed anthology which he edited with Robert Mezey, includes work by Philip Levine and is discussed in some of the letters in this collection. He has also served as co-editor of the American Poetry Review . New Selected Poems was published by Copper Canyon Press in 1992.

From the guide to the Philip Levine letters to Stephen Berg, 1961–1972, (University of Delaware Library - Special Collections)

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referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Engle, Paul, 1908-1991. Paul Engle papers, 1930-1991. Coe College, Stewart Memorial Library
creatorOf Levine, Philip, 1928-. Pili's Wall. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Finkel, Donald. Papers, 1947-1983. Washington University in St. Louis, .
creatorOf Finkel, Donald. Papers. Washington University in St. Louis, .
creatorOf Levine, Philip, 1928-. Letters, 1975-76, Fresno, Calif., to Karyl Klopp and Roth Wilkofsky of Pomegranate Press, North Cambridge, Mass. Ball State University Library, Bracken Library
creatorOf Sutton Hoo Press. Sutton Hoo Press records, 1998 - University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, UWM Libraries
referencedIn Saleh, Dennis, 1942-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1983-1985. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Ziff, Lloyd. Happy birthday N.B.C.C. 1974-1984 ; the National Book Critics Circle tenth anniversary, 1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Keats-Shelley Association of America. Recordings and conference packets from the John Keats Bicentennial Conference at Harvard University, 7-9 September 1995. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Levine, Philip, 1928-. Philip Levine lecture, April 4, 1999 [videorecording] UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Adame, Leonard. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1980. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Stern, Gerald, 1925-. Gerald Stern papers, 1920s-2007. University of Pittsburgh
referencedIn Carol Muske-Dukes Papers, 1960-2008 USC Libraries Special Collections
referencedIn Fanny Howe Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Joyce Carol Oates Papers, 1956-2006 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Levine, Philip, 1928-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1979. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Gerard Malanga Papers, 1944-1971 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Coulette, Henri, 1927-1988. Papers of Henri Coulette, 1955-1998. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Moss, Howard, 1922-1987. Papers, ca. 1935-1987, bulk (1961-1987). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Unterecker, John, 1922-1989. Papers, 1961-1987. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Ecco Press. Ecco Press records, 1963-1996. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn John Eugene Unterecker Papers, 1961-1987 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Maycox, John G. Correspondence and autographs, 1994-1998. Indiana University
referencedIn Printing ephemera, 1983-1998 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Philip Levine letters to Stephen Berg, 1961–1972 University of Delaware Library - Special Collections
referencedIn Slow Loris Press. Slow Loris Press records, 1971-1984. University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library
creatorOf Levine, Philip, 1928-. Philip Levine letters to Stephen Berg, 1961-1972. University of Delaware Library, Hugh M Morris Library
creatorOf Wright, Charles, 1935-. Charles Wright papers [manuscript], 2003-2005. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Ecco Press records, 1963-1996 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Levine, Philip, 1928-. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1955-1956. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Roberts, Len, 1947-2007. Len Roberts correspondence, 1983-2006. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Richard Hugo papers and other materials, 1942-1985, 1973-1982 University of Washington Libraries Special Collections
creatorOf Paul L. Mariani papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
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