Who is Rita Dove
Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 from the previous "consultant in poetry" position (1937–86). Dove also received an appointment as "special consultant in poetry" for the Library of Congress's bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000. Dove is the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, in 1987, and she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006. Since 1989, she has been teaching at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where she held the chair of Commonwealth Professor of English from 1993 to ...Read Full Biography of Rita Dove
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- I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.
- One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.
- I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.
- What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it to the front page. He electrified an entire world!
- You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.
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Vishnu_agni: courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. it has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.- rita dove integrity in the moment of choice- i find this the hardest..Parisreview: “i’m proud that i’ve helped contribute to what’s happening today. it’s hard to say that kind of stuff about oneself without sounding like you’re bragging, but it’s true.” from our art of poetry interview with rita dove in our new spring issue.
Ojalart: “i’m proud that i’ve helped contribute to what’s happening today. it’s hard to say that kind of stuff about oneself without sounding like you’re bragging, but it’s true.” from our art of poetry interview with rita dove in our new spring issue.
Kalt96401: equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.,rita dove,name, never, divided ,
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