{"product_id":"collected-poems-1974-2004-9780393354935","title":"Collected Poems: 1974-2004","description":"\u003cp\u003eRita Dove's \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems 1974-2004\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the wide-ranging diversity that earned her a Pulitzer Prize, the position of U.S. poet laureate, a National Humanities Medal, and a National Medal of Art. Gathering thirty years and seven books, this volume compiles Dove's fresh reflections on adolescence in \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow House on the Corner\u003c\/em\u003e and her irreverent musings in \u003cem\u003eMuseum\u003c\/em\u003e. She sets the moving love story of \u003cem\u003eThomas and Beulah\u003c\/em\u003e against the backdrop of war, industrialization, and the civil right struggles. The multifaceted gems of \u003cem\u003eGrace Notes\u003c\/em\u003e, the exquisite reinvention of Greek myth in the sonnets of \u003cem\u003eMother Love\u003c\/em\u003e, the troubling rapids of recent history in \u003cem\u003eOn the Bus with Rosa Parks\u003c\/em\u003e, and the homage to America's kaleidoscopic cultural heritage in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Smooth\u003c\/em\u003e all celebrate Dove's mastery of narrative context with lyrical finesse. With the \"precise, singing lines\" for which the \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e praised her, Dove \"has created fresh configurations of the traditional and the experimental\" (\u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e magazine).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDove, Rita:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eRita Dove\u003c\/strong\u003e, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, is the only poet honored with both the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts. Her recent works include \u003cem\u003ePlaylist for the Apocalypse\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSonata Mulattica\u003c\/em\u003e, and the National Book Award-shortlisted \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems: 1974-2004\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2021 she was awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Charlottesville, where she teaches creative writing at the University of Virginia.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629224628498,"sku":"9780393354935","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbfcfc44-ce07-4e6e-bbd6-07784d2c45e7.jpg?v=1732724885","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-poems-1974-2004-9780393354935","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}