Selected Poems
, by DOVE, RITANote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780679750802 | 0679750800
- Cover: Trade Paper
- Copyright: 9/28/1993
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 Poemscomprises Dove's collectionsThe 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'sSelected Poemsis marked by lyric intensity and compassionate storytelling.