Article: POET LAUREATE SEEKS A WIDER AUDIENCE.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Transcript: Rita Dove Appointed Sixth Poet Laureate ...
NPR All Things Considered;  May 19, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... SIEGEL, Host: Rita Dove was named the sixth poet laureate of the United States ... poetry anxiety. RITA DOVE, Poet Laureate: I think that something ... them. SIEGEL: Rita Dove takes the post of poet laureate in October. We reached ...

Article: Rita Dove On Poetry And Power: Nation's Poet ...
Sacramento Observer;  April 20, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... 04-20-1994 Rita Dove On Poetry And Power: Nation's Poet Laureate Reads And. Discusses ... voice belongs to Rita Dove, the current Poet laureate of the United States ... 00 p.m. on PBS "Poet Laureate Rita Dove" will feature the ...

Article: Poet Laureate Rita Dove bares her soul on ...
Miami Times;  April 21, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... Times 04-21-1994 Poet Laureate Rita Dove bares her soul on public ... on WPBT-2. Rita Dove, the youngest poet laureate ever, would like to ... The show opens with Dove's first task as poet-laureate -- reading the poem ...

Article: Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove to read from ...
M2 Presswire;  October 27, 2004 ;     640 words ... ... UNIVERSITY: Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove to read from her ... Haven, Conn. - Rita Dove, the first African ... as the nation's Poet Laureate, will read from ... and Elm streets. Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States ...

Article: Rita Dove is the youngest, and first black to serve as ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 16, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... she said, the poet laureate of the United States ... changed. ``Rita Dove _ it sounds like ... the nation's poet laureate. It's an honor ... televisions. Since Dove was appointed in ... her like no other poet laureate. The library ...

Article: Rita Dove named U.S. poet laureate.
Jet;  June 7, 1993 ;     618 words ... ... Virginia Professor Rita Dove recently became the ... Black woman named as poet laureate of the United States. Professor Dove, who voiced surprise ... blue." Professor Dove, 40, is only the ... post since the title Poet Laureate was added to the ...

Article: RITA DOVE WAS NATION'S FIRST BLACK POET ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  February 17, 1997 ;     438 words ... ... Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Rita Dove was the first black to be chosen poet laureate of the United States. Dove, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, was appointed poet laureate in May 1993. The one-year position ...