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Although Rita Dove has won most of the honors available to an American poet — she was the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 1986 collection “Thomas and Beulah,” and she served as U.S. poet laureate from 1993-1995 — she is less read and discussed, at least among younger readers, than she deserves to be.
May 19, 2016
Entertainment & Arts
A book-length poetry sequence looks at the little-known historical episode of a young mulatto violinist’s encounters with Beethoven.
May 17, 2009
‘Sonata Mulattica: Poems’ by Rita Dove
Poet Rita Dove will serve a second one-year term as the Library of Congress’ poet laureate.
Feb. 6, 1994
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How she sat there, the time right inside a place so wrong it was ready.
July 4, 1999
Thirty miles to the only decent restaurant was nothing, a blink in the long dull stare of Wyoming.
May 5, 1991
American Smooth Rita Dove W.W.
Nov. 28, 2004
The National Book Foundation has announced the 10-title longlist for the 2016 National Book Award for poetry.
Sept. 13, 2016
In a surprise move intended to revitalize the job of U.S. poet laureate, Librarian of Congress James Billington selected University of Virginia professor Rita Dove for the position Tuesday.
May 19, 1993
Rita Dove’s retelling of ‘Oedipus Rex’ in the Old South, ‘Darker Face of Earth,’ gets a spirited California premiere.
Aug. 22, 2000