Philip Levine reads Federico Garcia Lorca | LIVE from the NYPL

Philip Levine reads Federico Garcia Lorca’s “New York (Office and Denunciation)“ Recorded on June 4th, 2013 at the New York Public Library For more events by LIVE from the NYPL visit: Watch the full 90-minute recording here: To coincide with The New York Public Library’s exhibition “Back Tomorrow: Federico Garcia Lorca / Poet in New York,” this special installment of LIVE from the NYPL celebrates Lorca’s life and legacy with performances and readings. Participants include John Giorno, Will Keen and Maria Fernandez Ache, Philip Levine, Christopher Maurer, Paul Muldoon, Patti Smith, and Tracy K. Smith. Written while Federico García Lorca was a student at Columbia University in 1929-30, Poet in New York is arguably one of the poet’s most important works, and a powerful testament to New York City as seen through the eyes of one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. The book was published posthumousl