Mark Levine (poet)
Encyclopedia
Mark Levine is an American poet and non-fiction writer.
He grew up in Toronto, attended Brown University
, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop
.
He taught at the University of Montana, and at the University of Iowa
. His books of poetry include Capital, Debt, Enola Gay, and The Wilds. His book of
non-fiction is titled F5.
Salon:
He grew up in Toronto, attended Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
, and the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Iowa Writers' Workshop
The Program in Creative Writing, more commonly known as the Iowa Writers' Workshop, at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, is a highly regarded graduate-level creative writing program in the United States...
.
He taught at the University of Montana, and at the University of Iowa
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
. His books of poetry include Capital, Debt, Enola Gay, and The Wilds. His book of
non-fiction is titled F5.
Works
Books
- Debt, Quill/W. Morrow (1993), ISBN 978-0688123987, a selection of the National Poetry Series
- Enola Gay , University of California Press, (April 11, 2000)
- The Wilds (2006)
Ploughshares
- Then, Ploughshares, Winter 2001-02
- Two Women, Ploughshares, Winter 2001-02
- Habitat, Ploughshares, Winter 2001-02
- They Flee, Ploughshares, Winter 2001-02
Reviews
Publisher's Weekly (April 2000):The book as a whole is a kind of triumph, one which perhaps does for poetry what David Foster WallaceDavid Foster WallaceDavid Foster Wallace was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories, and a professor at Pomona College in Claremont, California...
has done for prose fiction.
Salon:
There is a gravity to Mark Levine's second book, "Enola Gay," the first of three volumes in a promising new poetry series from the University of California Press. The poems in it bear a sense of having struggled up from beneath great pressure to reach the page.