Women’s History Month’s Feature: Rita Dove, Poet, Playwright, and Essayist
Hello book
lovers! In celebration of Women’s History Month, I would like to present to
you, poet and essayist, Rita Dove. In 1987, she received the Pulitzer Prize for
Poetry for Thomas and Beulah, a collection of poems loosely based on the
lives of her maternal grandparents. In 1993, she was named United States Poet Laureate
by the Library of Congress, a position she held until 1995. She has won several
awards and collaborated on many creative projects including a live reading at
the Lincoln Memorial, accompanied by John Williams’ music – a poem to Steven
Spielberg’s documentary The Unfinished Journey.
Some of her other
notable works include her play The Darker Face of the Earth that premiered
at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon in 1996 and premiered at
the Royal National Theatre in London in 1999; her poetry collections – Sonata
Mulattica published in 2009 and Playlist for the Apocalypse published
in 2021; and various short stories and essays. Check out her quote about
being true to yourself. #womenshistorymonth #poet #poetry #PoetLaureate #literature
#essayist #PulitzerPrizeforPoetry #playwright #creativewritingprofessor #RitaDove
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