U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine joined Sacramento Bee editorial page editor Stuart Leavenworth in Fresno to discuss whether social isolation is a threat to democracy. In a wide-ranging conversation they discussed poetry, Levine's youth in Detroit, the community he came to love in Fresno, and the future of American democracy.

U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine on Social Isolation and Democracy

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U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine on Social Isolation and Democracy

U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine on Social Isolation and Democracy