NMLP P-024963 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

What Work Is

Philip Levine · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1991

US Knopf 1991 is the true first. The collection won the 1991 National Book Award for Poetry, awarded after publication. Signed copies exist.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-024963 for "What Work Is" by Philip Levine (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-024963, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).