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Black Writers: Rita Dove and John Wideman
March 5, 2003
Rita Dove 1993 poet laureate
John Wideman educator, novelist, biographer

Authors Rita Dove, On the Bus with Rosa Parks (1999), Through the Ivory Gate (1992), and John Wideman, Sent for You Yesterday , Philadelphia Fire, read from their work.

Culture & Identity | Literature & Philosophy
Authors | John Wideman | Rita Dove | African American | Profiles | Writing Process | Race
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Image of Sonata Mulattica: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2009)
Binding: Hardcover, 240 pages
Image of Selected Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: Vintage (1993)
Binding: Paperback, 240 pages
Image of Thomas and Beulah
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: Carnegie-Mellon University Press (1986)
Binding: Paperback, 79 pages
Image of American Smooth: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2006)
Binding: Paperback, 112 pages
Image of Mother Love: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (1996)
Binding: Paperback, 96 pages
Image of On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems
Author: Rita Dove
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 96 pages
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