Böcker av Rita (University of Virginia) Dove

A piercing, unflinching new volume offers necessary music for our tumultuous present, from "perhaps the best public poet we have" (The Boston Globe).

This literary journal features poetry, short stories and essays by Joy Harjo, Linda Hogan, Rita Dove, Carolyn Forche, Martin Espada, Sherwin Bitsui, Clarence Major, Marilyn Nelson, Patricia Spears Jones, Quincy Troupe, Linda Weasel Head, William Pitt Root, Mark Childress, Jodi Angel, Louis Alberto Urrea, Sandra Cisneros and many others. This tribute to Native American writers, Joy Harjo and Linda Hogan, is Cutthroat's Tenth Anniversary Issue.

Detailing the volatile relationship between the black violinist George Bridgetower and Beethoven, this is a "masterful collection" (Los Angeles Times).

Calling upon the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, Mother Love examines the love between mother and daughter, two tumblers locked in an eternal somersault: each mother a daughter, each daughter a potential mother.

With this her fourth book of poems, Rita Dove expands her role as a leading voice in contemporary American letters.

"Rita Dove pulls the ultimate dance trick: she makes it look easy."--New York Times Book Review

A dazzling new collection by the former Poet Laureate of the United States.