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Item Details
| Title:
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AMERICAN SMOOTH
POEMS |
| By: |
Rita Dove |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£15.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0393327442 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780393327441 |
| Publisher: |
WW NORTON & CO |
| Pub. date: |
17 March, 2006 |
| Pages: |
144 |
| Description: |
"Rita Dove pulls the ultimate dance trick: she makes it look easy."--New York Times Book Review |
| Synopsis: |
An occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since On the Bus with Rosa Parks. With the grace of an Astaire, Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage; from the glorious shimmer of an operatic soprano to Bessie Smith's mournful wail; from paradise lost to angel food cake; from hotshots at the local shooting range to the Negro jazz band in World War I whose music conquered Europe before the Allied advance. Like the ballroom-dancing couple of the title poem, smiling and making the difficult seem effortless, Dove explores the shifting surfaces between perception and intimation. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
WW Norton & Co |
| Prizes: |
Winner of New York Times Notable Book 2004 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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