The Writer's Almanac from Wednesday, January 10, 2007 "The Phone Call" by Philip Levine, from A Walk With Thomas Jefferson. © Alfred A. Knopf. ORIGINAL TEXT - 2007 It's the birthday of the poet Philip Levine, born in Detroit (1928). After college, he tried getting a job in advertising, but he couldn't stand it, so he supported himself working in various auto factories around Detroit. Looking around at the other men in the factories, he realized that none of them had a voice. Nobody was speaking for them or writing for them. He said, "As young people will ... I took this foolish vow that I would speak for them, and that's what my life would be. And sure enough, I've gone and done it. Or I've tried anyway."
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