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American Smooth: Poems (PB) (2006)

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Weight:
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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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Author:
Rita Dove
ISBN 10:
0393327442
Pages:
144
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date:
February 17, 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Weight:
0.40lbs

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