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Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995 and as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia from 2004 to 2006. She has received numerous literary and academic honors, among them the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and, more recently,
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Rita Dove (1952- ) ... | An Interview with Dove: On the Genesis of "Parsley" | On the Origins of "Parsley" | Dove on Reading "Parsley" at the White House | Helen Vendler On "Parsley" and on Dove’s Redefining of the Lyric | M.W. Thomas Interview with Dove | An Online Interview with Rita Dove | Online Poems |External Links |
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Lady Freedom Among Us; don't lower your eyes; or stare straight ahead to where; you think you ought to be going; don't mutter oh no; not another one; get a job fly a kite; go bury a bone; with her oldfashioned sandals; ... Return to Rita Dove...
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Rita Dove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rita Frances Dove (born 28 August 1952) is an American poet and author. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1993, the first African American to be appoi...
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Rita Dove: It was a gradual thing. It really wasn't until I was in college. ... Rita Dove: My parents had two half-walls of bookshelves. And they encouraged us to read whatever we wanted. ... Rita Dove: Oh, yes. That happened in college and it seems kind of late.
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Former Poet Laureate of the United States; Rita Dove Date of birth: August 28, 1952; ... Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio. Her father, Ray A. Dove, was a chemist, and a pioneer of integration in American industry. Both of her parents encouraged persistent study and wide reading. From an early age, Rita loved poetry and music.
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Rita Dove was born in the year 1952 in the city of Akron, Ohio. Her father was a research chemist at the Goodyear plant in Akron and her mother, a homemaker. As a child, the young Dove had a particular fondness and passion for books and said that her parents encouraged her to read anything that she pleased;
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Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, in 1952. She served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995. Among her many honors are the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, the 1996 Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities and the 2006 Common Wealth Aw... ... Rita Dove (1952-); A collection of critical, historical,
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