Quotes about Rita Dove

I was appointed Poet Laureate. It came totally out of the blue because most Poet...

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I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I...

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I thought, after the Pulitzer, at least nothing will surprise me quite that much in...

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I think reading Shakespeare's plays when I was young was extremely important. He had the...

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I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects...

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I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought...

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I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away....

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I keep the drafts of each poem in color-coded folders. I pick up the folders...

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I have a high guilt quotient. A poem can go through as many as 50...

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You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the...

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Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every...

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