With the “precise, singing lines” for which the Washington Post praised her, Dove “has created fresh configurations of the traditional and the experimental” (Poetry magazine). The multifaceted gems of Grace Notes, the exquisite reinvention of Greek myth in the sonnets of Mother Love, the troubling rapids of recent history in On the Bus with Rosa Parks, and the homage to America’s kaleidoscopic cultural heritage in American Smooth all celebrate Dove’s mastery of narrative context with lyrical finesse. Rita Dove, poet laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995, was born and raised in Akron, Ohio.She wrote the novel Through the Ivory Gate, as well as a collection of stories, a verse drama, a book of essays, and five books of poetry, among them Thomas and Beulah, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. She sets the moving love story of Thomas and Beulah against the backdrop of war, industrialization, and the civil right struggles. Gathering thirty years and seven books, this volume compiles Dove’s fresh reflections on adolescence in The Yellow House on the Corner and her irreverent musings in Museum. poet laureate, a National Humanities Medal, and a National Medal of Art. Her most recent poetry collections are Playlist for the Apocalypse (Norton. Rita Dove’s Collected Poems 1974–2004 showcases the wide-ranging diversity that earned her a Pulitzer Prize, the position of U.S. Rita Dove is a former US Poet Laureate (19931995) and recipient of. ![]() ![]() Three decades of powerful lyric poetry from a virtuoso of the English language in one unabridged volume. You might like to find out more about what happened by visiting BBC. Finalist for the 2016 National Book Award In the poem Rita Dove focusses on Rosa and her simple, peaceful and powerful act of protest.
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