Book
American smooth : poems / Rita Dove.
Record details
- ISBN: 0393059871 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 143 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2004.
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American Smooth - Poems
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American Smooth - Poems
An occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since On the Bus with Rosa Parks. With the grace of an Astaire, Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage; from the glorious shimmer of an operatic soprano to Bessie Smith's mournful wail; from paradise lost to angel food cake; from hotshots at the local shooting range to the Negro jazz band in World War I whose music conquered Europe before the Allied advance. Like the ballroom-dancing couple of the title poem, smiling and making the difficult seem effortless, Dove explores the shifting surfaces between perception and intimation.
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