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Bezig met laden... American Smooth: Poems (editie 2006)door Rita Dove
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I had a chance to met Rita Dove she told me after she signed my two books why American Smooth was written. Her house caught fire and they went to a dance afterwards. The dance steps helped ease the pain of all the poems and work she lost. This book will make you want to dance around the room to ease your pain too. Fred and Rita were such wonderful people to meet. ( ) http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=oid%3A32500 My review of AMERICAN SMOOTH (11/25/04): Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove’s eighth book takes its title from a phrase she coined to describe a style of ballroom dancing, and many of the poems reflect the rhythms of American dance music. As usual, Dove covers a lot of ground in these poems. One section, “Not Welcome Here,” has a long series of poems that explore the experiences of the first black American combat troops in World War I. Another section, “Twelve Chairs,” will be of local interest: It contains a series of “found” poems, adapted from carvings on the backs of 12 marble chairs installed as public art at the federal courthouse in Sacramento. Dove is at her best with narrative poems; among the finest in this collection is “Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove,” about the first African-American to win an Oscar. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)811.54Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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