{"product_id":"conversations-with-rita-dove-paperback","title":"Conversations with Rita Dove - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEarl G. Ingersoll\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiography -- Literary Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1993, Rita Dove (b. 1952) became the nation's youngest and first female African American Poet Laureate. This collection of interviews offers a fascinating portrait of her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving published over a half-dozen collections of poetry, Dove won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for \u003cem\u003eThomas and Beulah\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition, she has published a novel, \u003cem\u003eThrough the Ivory Gate\u003c\/em\u003e, and her play, \u003cem\u003eThe Darker Face of Earth\u003c\/em\u003e, has been produced on several stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike many other writers, Rita Dove has no objection to being interviewed, in part because she enjoys reading interviews. Toni Morrison's, for instance, gave Dove her inspiration as a beginning writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these conversations that range over a decade and a half, she reveals an extraordinary dedication to preserving the integrity of her art, particularly as others intrude upon her to crusade on behalf of racial and gender issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough she regards herself as a feminist and expresses pride in her African American heritage, she leaves crusading outside the door as she enters the writer's workroom. Once inside, she focuses on making each poem stand up to her own exceptionally rigorous standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these conversations the reader meets also the Rita Dove who lives outside the poet's workroom. In addition to writing, she plays the viola de gamba, is addicted to crossword puzzles, and has taken lessons in singing and in ballroom dancing. In response to \"What kind of questions are you not asked in interviews that you would like to answer?\" she bravely and surprisingly replies, \"Personal questions.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarl G. Ingersoll is distinguished teaching professor of English emeritus at SUNY College at Brockport. His previous books include \u003cem\u003eConversations with May Sarton\u003c\/em\u003e (University Press of Mississippi), \u003cem\u003eThe Post-Confessionals: Conversations with American Poets of the Eighties\u003c\/em\u003e (with Judith Kitchen and Stan Sanvel Rubin), and \u003cem\u003eDoris Lessing: Conversations\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 198\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.94 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43159068246079,"sku":"9781578065509","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0eJxR4o_aI9781578065509.webp?v=1776995042","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/conversations-with-rita-dove-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}