Selected Poems

Dove, Rita (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0679750800 / ISBN 13: 9780679750802

Published by Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1993

About this Item

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscription reads: "For Gertrude, May you always walk in beauty. Rita Dove 16 Feb. '95" Minor shelfwear.

Seller Inventory # 025010

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selected Poems
• Publisher: Pantheon Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679750800
• ISBN 13: 9780679750802
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: Later Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry

About this title

Synopsis

Here in one volume is a selection of the extraordinary poems of Rita Dove, who, as the nation's Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995, brought poetry into the lives of millions of people.  Along with a new introduction and poem, Selected Poems comprises Dove's collections The Yellow House on the Corner, which includes a group of poems devoted to the themes of slavery and freedom; Museum, intimate ruminations on home and the world; and finally, Thomas and Beulah, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1987, a verse cycle loosely based on her grandparents' lives.  Precisely yet intensely felt, resonant with the voices of ordinary people, Rita Dove's Selected Poems is marked by lyric intensity and compassionate storytelling.

About the Author

Riat Dove, Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993 to 1995, was born and raised in Akron, Ohio.  She has published the novel Through the Ivory Gate, a collection of stories, a verse drama, a book of essays and five books of poetry, among them Thomas and Beulah, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987.  The recipient of numerous literary fellowships and awards, she is Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia and lives near Charlottesville with her husband, Fred Viebahn, and their daughter, Aviva.