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I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, s*x, and age.
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Birth: | 28th August, 1952 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author, Poet |
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Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and author. From 1993–1995 she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. She was the first African American to be appointed since the position was created by an act of Congress in 1986 out of the previous "consultant in poetry" position.
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