Rita Dove

Poet and Author
2011 National Medal of Arts Recipient
Charlottesville, Virginia
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2011 National Medal of Arts recipient and poet/author Rita Dove receives her medal from President Barack Obama at an East Room ceremony at the White House on February 13, 2012. Photo by Anthony Brown, Imigination Photography

Bio

Rita Dove creates works that are equal parts beauty, lyricism, critique, and politics.  Ms. Dove has worked to create popular interest in the literary arts, serving as the United States’ youngest Poet Laureate and advocating on behalf of the diversity and vitality of American poetry and literature.

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Rita Dove
The former U.S. Poet Laureate and National Medal of Arts Recipient talks about her writing with a focus on her most recent book of poems, "Sonata Mullatica."
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