Dove, Rita
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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DOVE, RITA 1952 , American poet, b. Akron, Ohio. Her first poetry collection, Ten Poems, was...and the aesthetic experience itself. From 1993 to 1995 she was U.S. poet laureate, the first African American to hold the post. An English...