. >>> finally tonight, jeffrey brown talks to philip levine. >> we stand in the rain in a long line, waiting at ft. high land park for work. you know what work is. if you're old enough to read this, you know what work is although you may not do it. >> philip levine is the author of 20 volumes of post and one of the nation's most honored poets with a pulitzer and other prizes. but he started life in detroit working in auto plants. >> so these feel familiar to you? >> levine joined me at the richardson gallery in new york. he's written an essay for an exhibition of photographs by andrew moore that capture a lost world of detroit. an old school, homes, and factories including ford's river rouge plant where levine himself once worked. >> when i was a young guy working in these places and didn't see a way out, and i certainly didn't think that the way out would be poetry. >> where did the poetry come from? >> no one knows where poetry comes from. i had been writing poetry from the age of 14. it was just something i loved doing, i loved language. i had -- i recognized that i had a facility