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Film, Video Rita Dove Reads Her Poetry

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Title

  • Rita Dove Reads Her Poetry

Summary

  • Rita Dove reads her poems and discusses their sources with a small group of students. The poems are selected from Thomas and Beulah (Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1986) which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and from her earlier books: The Yellow House on the Corner (1980), Museum (Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1983), and a book of short stories: Fifth Sunday (University Press of Virginia, 1985).

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1989-01-26.

Headings

  • -  Literature
  • -  Performing Arts, Music
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Group name: Poets Laureate. 56
  • -  Rita Dove.
  • -  Recorded on 1989-01-26.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687661

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office. Rita Dove Reads Her Poetry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-26, 1989. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687661/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office, S. B. (1989) Rita Dove Reads Her Poetry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-26. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687661/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Literary Initiatives Office. Rita Dove Reads Her Poetry. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -01-26, 1989. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687661/>.