American Smooth by Rita Dove

American Smooth by Rita Dove

The first new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former US poet laureate in five years.

"[Dove] combines a rare lyric talent with sensual celebration and a ceaselessly questing intelligence" The Independent "An outstanding poet of the delicate nuances present in social complexity, of the lyric reflection embedded in the epic journey." The Times Literary Supplement

Rita Dove, 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 Playlist for the Apocalypse, Sonata Mulattica, and the National Book Award-shortlisted Collected Poems: 1974-2004. In 2021 she was awarded the Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2023 she received the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lives in Charlottesville, where she teaches creative writing at the University of Virginia.

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ISBN 13	9780393059878
ISBN 10	0393059871
Title	American Smooth
Author	Rita Dove
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	2004-09-17
Number of pages	144
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