Thomas Beulah, Signed (10 results)

First Edition. First edition, simultaneous paperback issue; second state, with Pulitzer slug on cover. INSCRIBED by the poet on the half-title page, "For Jeff, In the spirit -- Rita Dove/ Philly, 10 Feb 90.". Fine in paperwraps. Signed.

8°, paperback. 80 pp. Signed on title page. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

8°, hardcover, dustjacket. Signed copy of the hardcover edition, signed on title page. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

Hardcover. 79p., personal inscription signed and dated Oct. 1992 by the poet, very good first edition stated in buckram cloth boards, gilt spine titles and unclipped dj with mylar protector, second state dj with Pulitzer announcement. African American poet. Carnegie-Mellon Poetry Series. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize.

Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. Ray A. Dove (Cover photograph) and Fred Viebahn (a (illustrator). Format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8.5 inches. 79, [1] pages. Chronology. Cover states Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Signed by the author on the title page. These poems tell two sides of a story and are meant to be read in sequence. 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 2020; as of 2020 she holds the chair of Henry Hoyns Professor of Creative Writing. Dove's work cannot be confined to a specific era or school in contemporary literature; her wide-ranging topics and the precise poetic language with which she captures complex emotions defy easy categorization. Her most famous work to date is Thomas and Beulah, published by Carnegie-Mellon University Press in 1986, a collection of poems loosely based on the lives of her maternal grandparents, for which she received the Pulitzer Prize in 1987. The poems in this unusual book tell a story, forming a narrative almost like a realistic novel. Read in sequence as intended, they tell of the lives of a married black couple (not unlike Dove's own grandparents) from the early part of the century until their deaths in the 1960s, a period that spans the great migration of blacks from rural south to urban north. But this is merely the social backdrop to the story of a marriage. Two separate sequences offer two views of the couple's lives: the first, "Mandolin," consists of 23 poems giving Thomas's side, and "Canary in Bloom" gives Beulah's in 21 poems. Together they paint a detailed, poetically dense portrait of two lives in all their frailty, dignity and complexity. The dueling perspectives of Thomas and Beulah build on each other, fleshing out the narrative of a complete life, and seventy years of romance. Thomas dies reassuring Beulah that they lived a good life together, which they never believed, and the sentiment is both sweet and sincere. In some moments, when perspectives contradict, it is easy to see the tensions in the marriage - typical tensions, which more clearly develop each character in turn and give the story nuance. The result is a personal history of a typical family at a pivotal moment in history, too common for any historian of significance to note, but important because it gives an account of the real lives of African American people during the twentieth century. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing thus--with Pulitzer Prize banner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. ** INSCRIBED BY RITA DOVE, 1ST EDITION, HAND WRITTEN NOTE BY GERALD COSTANZO, PROVENANCE FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE LUNCHEON AND GUEST LIST ** This hard cover copy 79p. is in Fine condition in buckram cloth with the slightest rubbing and fading the extremities, the pages are As New and are clean, bright, with sharp page corners. The boards are clean square with a tight spine. The dust jacket is fine, unclipped, with little to no rubbing of shelf wear. This copy has only had one owner and is the best that I could find. The book is covered in a removable plastic covering. All provenance is protected separately in a soft plastic pouch. Carnegie-Mellon Poetry Series. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. Inscribed by Author(s).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. (1st) Trade paperback, on first front end paper: "For Moe with thanks for a sweet interview, Best, Rita Dove 9 March 89." Very light wear to back tips. Near Very Fine. Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, wrappered issue, second state of covers with Pulitzer Prize statement on front cover. Octavo. 80pp. A touch of rubbing and a small, very faint crease on the rear panel. *Thomas and Beulah* won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987. Inscribed by Rita Dove on the half-title page: "For Roz, with best wishes, Rita Dove. Apr. 25, 1988.".

Original-Farbportraitfoto (im Arm mit US-Präsident Barack Obama) mit Empfehlung eigenhändig signiert.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Signed by Rita Dove on the half title, inscribed to former owner and dated June 3, 1989. 80 pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in second state dust jacket with Pulitzer mention, light rubbing, else Fine. Winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry; Dove was the second African-American person to win.