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by: Rita Dove
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780393314441
ISBN: 0393314448
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 78
Publication Date: 1996-05
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 564875
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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A volume of poems by Pulitzer Prizewinner Rita Dove, demonstrating her command of delicate nuance and lyric reflection. She was US Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995.
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Rating: - America's Poet Laureate!
Rita Dove is not as well-known as Nikki Giovanni or Maya Angelou but she is one of the more accomplished female poets and African Americans of this generation. Her poetry is often simple at times but there are several levels and new information is given regarding her poetry. In this book, she calls upon the ancient Greeks and examines the love between mother and daughter. The poems' settings are as various as Arizona and the streets of Paris and Mexican pyramids. Rita Dove's love of poetry comes ... Read More
Rating: - Best african American female Poet
Rita Dove book, Mother Loves: Poems, Is one of the best book I've ever read. Its so lovely, and eligant. Thank You.
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