Rita Dove -- Pulitzer Prize Winner and Former U.S. Poet Laureate
8:00pm 15 April 2009 @ Fowler Hall, Stewart Center
Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate at the United States from 1993 - 1995. Among her many honors are the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry. President Clinton bestowed upon her the 1996 National Humanities Medal. She has published six books of poetry, a book of short stories - "Fifth Sunday," a novel-"Through the Ivory Gate," and numerous essays.
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