Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove
A piercing, unflinching new volume offers necessary music for our tumultuous present, from perhaps the best public poet we have (The Boston Globe)
"These poems witness and celebrate the grandeur and tragedy contained in a single life, a single moment, a single word" -- Cornelia Channing - New York Magazine
"Playlist for the Apocalypse, Rita Dove’s new book of poems, is among her best… You sense the books of many poets of Dove’s generation slipping to the back of the bookcase. Not hers." -- Dwight Garner - The New York Times Book Review
"Plenty of poems here address disability, history and quotidian human behavior, but racism and economic oppression are the former poet laureate’s primary concerns in this book, her first in 12 years. With Dove’s characteristically affable voice, the book tries to understand saving graces and the things they save us from." -- 100 Notable Books of 2021 - The New York Times
"Playlist for the Apocalypse, Rita Dove’s new book of poems, is among her best… You sense the books of many poets of Dove’s generation slipping to the back of the bookcase. Not hers." -- Dwight Garner - The New York Times Book Review
"Plenty of poems here address disability, history and quotidian human behavior, but racism and economic oppression are the former poet laureate’s primary concerns in this book, her first in 12 years. With Dove’s characteristically affable voice, the book tries to understand saving graces and the things they save us from." -- 100 Notable Books of 2021 - The New York Times
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 | 9781324050438 |
| ISBN 10 | 1324050438 |
| Title | Playlist for the Apocalypse |
| Author | Rita Dove |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2023-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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