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Rita Dove
Rita Dove
The author of numerous collections of poetry, Rita Dove served as the Poet Laureate for the United State from 1993 to 1995...
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Postcard: Love reading first

  
by Rita Dove



Love reading first, and the poetry will find its place ... Then write, and love the work of writing.






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