Rita Dove

    Rita Dove

    August 28, 1952 (72 years old) in Akron, Ohio, USA

    Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She taught creative writing at Arizona State University from 1981 to 1989, and received the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

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    AnthemAnthem
    Faces in the MirrorFaces in the Mirror
    Rita Dove: An American PoetRita Dove: An American Poet
    Tell About the South: Voices in Black and WhiteTell About the South: Voices in Black and White

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