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Author of a novel, a book of short stories, essays, and numerous volumes of poetry, among them the National Book Award finalist and NAACP Image Award winner Collected Poems 1974–2004, she also edited The Best American Poetry 2000 and the Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry (2011).
For the Love of Books by Rita Dove - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Rita Dove grew up with a deep passion for books that allowed her to travel anywhere through reading, and she spent many summer days browsing the bookshelves in her home.
Rita Dove, American poet, writer, and teacher who was the first African American to serve as poet laureate of the United States (1993–95). Her poems often centered on family life and personal struggle, addressing the larger social and political dimension of the Black experience primarily by indirection.
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The book was about Rita Dove and how she loves reading as a child. Rita was so passionate for reading books that she sometimes could gaze at a closed book and think about all the possibilities the book could hold. One day, her teacher took her to a book signing event which made her decided she was going to pursue her love of books.
For the Love of Books. Rita Dove. W hen I am asked: “What made you want to be a writer?” my answer has always been: “Books.” First and foremost, now, then, and always, I have been passionate about books.
4 de feb. de 2022 · Other publications by Rita Dove include a book of short stories, Fifth Sunday, the poetry collections Grace Notes, Selected Poems and Mother Love, and the novel Through the Ivory Gate. Her verse drama, The Darker Face of the Earth, had its world premiere at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 1986.
31 de oct. de 2021 · Rita Dove - The author of numerous collections of poetry, Rita Dove served as the US Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995 and as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2005 to 2011.
