#ritadove

[cartermagazine]

“There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.” – Rita Dove CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #ritadove #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CV0BaVkLfXs/?utm_medium=tumblr

[poemmedicine]

November for Beginners

Rita Dove

Snow would be the easy way out—that softening sky like a sigh of relief at finally being allowed to yield. No dice. We stack twigs for burning in glistening patches but the rain won’t give. So we wait, breeding mood, making music of decline. We sit down in the smell of the past and rise in a light that is already leaving. We ache in secret, memorizing a gloomy line or two of German. When spring comes we promise to act the fool. Pour, rain! Sail, wind, with your cargo of zithers!

[beblk]

women writers blk!

[nicholas-alexander-hayes]

Reading an ARC from 1989 of Rita Dove’s Grace Notes. It came with her headshot. #ritadove #poetry #poems #literature https://www.instagram.com/p/BzcI7n1n8Mc/?igshid=tjyly17bvy2h

[alliwanttodoiscollectpoetry]

When you appeared it was as if magnets cleared the air. I had never seen that smile before or your hair, flying silver. Someone waving goodbye, she was silver, too. Of course you didn’t see me. I called softly so you could choose not to answer—then called again. You turned in the light, your eyes seeking your name.

Rita Dove~ Happenstance

[lindasaccoccio-7]

After: “The Spring Cricket’s Grievance: Little Outburst” By Rita Dove Gouache and watercolor 10”x10” 26 August 2022 #abstract #paintings #contemporaryart #color #poetry #ritadove #iowareview #music #joejackson #lsaccoccio7 #california #august #2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxLjY4LhEl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thatsbaloney]

#BillieHoliday #RitaDove #Canary #poetry #poesía #poezie #poesia #poésie https://www.instagram.com/p/CcF57hjL7JP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[robynchill]

📚 GLBAExpo.com 📚 . We will be honoring former US Poet Laureate Rita Dove with the Alice Dunbar Nelson Award for Literary Achievement. The awards reception is sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and will be invitation only on Friday, September 28th. . 🌟 Author Vendor and Sponsorship Opportunities are still available! Have your business advertised throughout the conference! Contact us via our website, GLBAExpo.com! . #ritadove #poetlaureate #poetry #awards #literature #literaryart #authors #writers #publishers #getpublished #cle #clevelandevents #cwru #fictionwriter #nonfiction #memoir #childrensliterature #vendorswanted #sponsorship #advertisement https://www.instagram.com/p/BnlfPzqHr7Y/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=129az19rh9uyp

[sojc123]

In Celebration of Black History: a poem by Rita Dove. #blackhistorymonth #blackppl #blackhistorymonth365 #blackhistory #blackhistorymonth #ritadove #poetry #poetryisnotdead #poetrylives #womanpoet #blackwomanpoet #poetrycommunity #blackhistory2021 (at Huntsville, Alabama) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK5wE59FubR/?igshid=1jvog4fusrowj

[monriatitans]

Sun, December 6, 2020 "The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world." - Rita Dove ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #ritadove #ritadovequotes #ritadovequote #quotesaboutlibraries #librariesaremorethanbooks #librariesareimportant #dictionarycom #dictionarycomquote #shelfawareness @shelf.awareness @dictionarycom https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeamX_HaXw/?igshid=t3a8nrjhzd24

[drawing-with-light]

“Let it be said...while in the midst of horror we fed on beauty — and that, my love, is what sustained us.” - #ritadove (at One World Trade Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1vwd_jfzn/?igshid=12hstck54drr5

[caramelcutie]

Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and essayist. She is the first African-American to have been appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. ================= Day 14: A poem by a female poet. . . . . . #jwjbookchallenge #blackhistorymonth #poem #poems #poetry #poetlaureate #ritadove #blackpoetry #blackpoet

[drmnola]

I wish for you the courage of the sun: to rise each morning, to shine bright even on the cloudiest of days. “Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.” — #RitaDove #drmnola #DRMPhD #nola (at New Orleans, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5gEcRqlXMT/?igshid=1jbuvqjjftm55

[pussymagicuniverse]

#HERBLACKHISTORY Day 4 with #RitaDove, presented by @kriziaisamar: 💚 Happy Black History Month! This February is dedicated to a black female writer, and takes a glimpse into #herstory. Day 4 : Rita Dove 1. First African-American to be appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. 2. She published 10 volumes, book of short stories, collection of essays, and a novel, "Through the Ivory Gate." You can purchase her latest book, "Collected Poems 1974-2004" published by W.W Norton in 2016. 3. Rita and her husband are avid ballroom dancers. . . . . #blackhistory #blackwomenmagic #blackhistorymonth #blackwomenwriters #ritadove #femalepoets #blackfemalepoets #blackwomenrock (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bthr0MHn5Jj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t98exdezp3ub

[cac-bgsu]

Collection Spotlight: Rita Dove Book Titles at the Jerome Library

On September 20th at 7:30pm, former Poet Laureate Rita Dove will be visiting BGSU.  Dove’s work is available across University Libraries, including the Center for Archival Collections’ poetry collection (CAC poetry collection) and in the Main Stacks of the Jerome Library.

Dove was born in 1952 in Akron and received her undergraduate degree at Miami University and her MFA at the University of Iowa.  Ms.Dove was awarded a Fulbright to attend the University of Tübingen.

Dove’s first work of poetry was published in 1980, The Yellow House on the Corner. (1)  Unfortunately the Center for Archival Collections does not hold a copy of this work but the second edition of the book is available in the Main Stacks (PS3554.O884 Y44 1989) and was published in 1989 by Carnegie Mellon Press. She later earned a Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her work Thomas and Beulah (1986) (2), available as a first edition in the Main Stacks (PS3554.O884T5).  From 1993-1995, Dove served as the first African American Poet Laureate and was also the youngest person to be named Poet Laureate.  She currently works at the University of Virginia as the chair of Commonwealth Professor of English. (3)

If you are looking for a general introduction to Dove’s early work her Selected Poems housed in the CAC poetry collection (scb PS 3554.O844 A6 1993) is recommended.  Poems in the work come from a variety of her previously published collections including, The Yellow House on the Corner (1980), Museum (1983), and Thomas and Beulah (1986).  The copy housed in the CAC is a part of the Janis L. Pallister Collection.  Dr. Pallister was a faculty member at BGSU from 1961-1985.  Her collection consists of a variety of items including her papers and monographs from her personal collection.  Dr. Pallister was a poet in her own right and also was a translator of Romance Language fiction. (4)

Dove has published in a variety of styles, including drama. An example of her drama housed in the CAC’s collection is, The darker face of the earth, a verse play in fourteen scenes, published in 1994 by Story Line Press. It is also Ms. Dove’s first full length drama. (5)  This book is held in the Robert Peters Collection.  The Peters collection was acquired by the CAC in 1991.  Additionally, this copy is a review copy, which means it was given out by the published for advance review, either formally or informally. 

If interested in additional 20th century poetry collections, the Robert Peters Collection and Carol Bergé Collection are available.  The Peters Collection contains, “over 200 manuscripts from other poets whose published works are also represented in the book collection.” (6)  Highlights from the Bergé collection include drafts of her own works as well as drafts from other authors. (7)

Fictional works by Dove are available and include her work, Through the ivory gate: a novel (anderson PS3554.O844 T57 1992).  The novel focuses on the life of an African American puppeteer who returns to her hometown. (8)  The work is classified as domestic fiction, which means that the work focuses on family and home life.  The book was donated to the collection and resides in the David D. and Patricia A. Anderson Center for Midwestern Literature.  Additionally, the Anderson Collection contains poetry from a variety of Midwestern authors, including Gene Stratton-Porter, Carl Sandburg, and John Knoepfle, among others. 

Grace notes: poems (scb PS 3554.O884 G7 1989) was Dove’s fourth book of poems and is a part of the Thomas F. Eckman Memorial Collection: addition.  This copy is a first edition and was her first work published following her win of the Pulitzer Price. (9)

Whether looking for works by Rita Dove, or additional poet laureates, the Center for Archival Collections’ poetry collection offers a wide selection.  To use the rare books collection, please visit the CAC located on the 5th fl of the Jerome Library.

1.  Comprehensive Biography of Rita Dove. Retrieved from http://people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b/compbio.html

2.  Ibid.

3. Ibid.

4.  MS 1135 Janis Pallister Collection. Retrieved from: https://lib.bgsu.edu/finding_aids/items/show/2570

5. When Language is Everything. Reviewed Work(s): Selected Poems by Rita Dove; The Darker Face of the Earth: A Verse Play.  Akasha (Gloria Hull).  The Women’s Review of Books, Vol. 11 no. 8 May, 1994 pp.6-7

6.  MS 626 Robert Peters Collection. Retrieved from:  https://lib.bgsu.edu/finding_aids/items/show/918 

7.  MS 693 Carol Berge Collection. Retrieved from:  https://lib.bgsu.edu/finding_aids/items/show/920

8.  Through the Ivory gate: a novel / Rita Dove. Retrieved from: http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b3883628~S9

9.  Grace notes: poems / Rita Dove.  Retrieved from: http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b1696989~S1

Written by Libby Hertenstein, Rare Books librarian

Posted by Megan Goins-Diouf, Reference archivist

[johnnyperezphotography]

Filming a poetry event by the sea in Madison, CT. Even though we had rain and the clouds looked quite dreary, our hearts were content with the words from each meeting ;-) #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetryporn #poetryslam #poetrygram #poetry_addicts #poetryisnotdead #poetrylovers #poetrylovers #poetrysociety #poetryofinstagram #poetryislife #poetrylove #instapoetry #ritadove #poetrybythesea (at Mercy by the Sea)