PHILLIP LEVINE holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Wayne State University. He has published many books of poetry – of which Not This Pig was his second – as well as translations of poetry from the Spanish. Among his many awards are the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, the American Book Award in 1980, and, most recently, the National Book Award in Poetry for 1991. He teaches at California State University and lives in Fresno.
