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Detroit Born Poet Philip Levine Dies

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Detroit born poet Philip Levine has died. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States and wrote about working on a General Motors' assembly line. 

Levine was also the winner of two national book awards. He died Saturday of pancreatic cancer in Fresno, California. He was 87. 

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