“Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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There are distinct duties of a poet
“There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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My father is a chemist, my mother
“My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: learning
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I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least
“I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.”
— Rita Dove
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Category: amazing
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I try to show what it is
“I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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I was apprehensive. I feared every time
“I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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Poetry is language at its most distilled
“Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: poetry
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Without imagination we can go nowhere. And
“Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.”
— Rita Dove
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Category: imagination
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I was apprehensive. I feared every time
“I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: age
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Without imagination we can go nowhere. And
“Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: success
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I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least
“I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in my life. And another one happened. It was quite amazing.”
— Rita Dove
Author: Rita Dove
Category: amazing
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