Dove, Rita Frances, 1952-
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Rita Frances Dove (born August 28, 1952) is an American poet and essayist. From 1993 to 1995 she served as the Poet Laureate of the United States. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1987, and also she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006. Dove was born in Akron, Ohio and graduated from Miami University. She held a Fulbright Scholarship from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany and received her MFA from the University of Iowa. She has taught at Universtiy of Arizona and the University of Virginia.
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| referencedIn | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Collection of American Literature. Yale Collection of American Literature reading series, 2002-2006. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Dove, Rita. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1977-1995. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | George P. Garrett Papers, 1929-2008, (bulk 1960-2000) | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | [Millennium Evening 4/22/98] [1] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [4/22 Poetry Millennium Evening] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | ||
| referencedIn | HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [4/22 Poetry Slam, DC] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | [Conference on Culture and Diplomacy - Nov. 28, 2000] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| creatorOf | Abraham, Henry Julian, 1921-. Fall convocation addresses at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1983-1998. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Amichai, Yehuda. Yehuda Amichai papers, 1929-1999. | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Health Care Clips (Through January) 1994 [Also Lists a Date of July 27, 1993] [4] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Collection of Harvard University serials / from the library of Rita Dove. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Potential Olympians | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Columbia Women's Hospital 3/3/98 | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [5] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Millennium Evening 1/25/99 | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Carol Muske-Dukes Papers, 1960-2008 | USC Libraries Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Ostrom, Hans A. Hans Ostrom papers, 1978-1992. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard College Library) poetry readings, 1931- (ongoing). | Woodberry Poetry Room, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [5/28 Team Harmony, Talking Points, DC] | United States. National Archives and Records Administration | |
| referencedIn | Olympic Games - Activities [2] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| creatorOf | Maycox, John G. Correspondence and autographs, 1994-1998. | Indiana University | |
| referencedIn | NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [3] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | [Millennium Evening 4/22/98] [2] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Millennium Lecture 4/22/98 | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Yehuda Amichai papers, 1929-1999 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Reiss, James. James Reiss collection 1960-2008. | Miami University Libraries, King Library | |
| creatorOf | Cheuse, Alan. Papers of Alan Cheuse, 1974-1989. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | HRC Speeches 4/98-5/98: [4/22 Poetry Millennium Evening] | United States. National Archives and Records Administration | |
| referencedIn | [Longfellow House Event - 12/98] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | PIR [President's Initiative on Race] - Background [2] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Yale Collection of American Literature reading series, 2002-2010 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | [HRC Schedule, 10/17/93] [Loose] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Parnassus: poetry in review records, 1971-1996 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Conference on Culture and Diplomacy - 11/29/00 | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [1] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | HRC Speeches 12/96-3/97: [1/9 National Medal of Arts and the Charles Frankel Prize] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] Luminaries/Medal Arts Past NEA Council [1] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | [White House News Reports – February 20 1995] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [4] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | [HRC Date File] 10/18/94 [Washington Business Group on Health] [1] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| creatorOf | Phi Beta Kappa. Virginia Beta (University of Virginia). Papers of Phi Beta Kappa [manuscript], 1975-1998. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | NEA [National Endowment for the Arts] - Humanities Awards [2] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | Videos 6/10/98 [1] | William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum | |
| referencedIn | The Reaper Records, 1979-1989 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long. Naomi Long Madgett and Lotus Press papers. 1937-2004 (bulk 1970-2003). | University of Michigan | |
| creatorOf | Plush, Vincent. Cartographies : three settings for large chorus of poems by Rita Dove [music] / Vincent Plush. | Libraries Australia | |
| referencedIn | The Reaper Records, 1979-1989 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| referencedIn | Griffith, E. V., 1927-. E.V. Griffith papers, ca. 1945-1995. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Rita Frances Dove | The HistoryMakers |
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Birth 1952-08-28
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