Rita Dove - December 1, 2017

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Phoenix Art Museum, UA Poetry Center

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Rita Dove

Rita Dove reads from her Collected Poems, 1974-2004 (2016) as well as from uncollected poems at the Phoenix Art Museum. This reading was originally given with Sandra Cisneros and Joy Harjo in partnership with ArchiTEXTS: A Conversation Across Languages with Natalie Diaz.

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Welcome on Behalf of the Phoenix Art Museum
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by Jennifer Adams

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Welcome on Behalf of the Poetry Center
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction to the Full Reading
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by Natalie Diaz

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Introduction to Rita Dove
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by Nicole Sealey

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Opening Remarks
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by Rita Dove

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"The House Slave"
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Dove, Rita. Collected Poems, 1974-2004. New York: Norton, 2016.

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"Parsley"
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Dove, Rita. Collected Poems, 1974-2004. New York: Norton, 2016.

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"Daystar"
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Dove, Rita. Collected Poems, 1974-2004. New York: Norton, 2016.

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"Testimonial"
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Dove, Rita. Collected Poems, 1974-2004. New York: Norton, 2016.

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"Hattie McDaniel Arrives at the Coconut Grove"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Dove, Rita. Collected Poems, 1974-2004. New York: Norton, 2016.

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"Family Reunion"
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Differs slightly from published version.

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Dove, Rita. "Reunion, 2005." Callaloo, vol. 30, no. 1, Win. 2007, pp. 41-42.

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"The Spring Cricket Considers the Question of Negritude" and "The Spring Cricket Repudiates His Parable of Negritude"
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Dove, Rita. "The Spring Cricket Considers the Question of Negritude." The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2012. Web. 29 Jan. 2018.

Dove, Rita. "The Spring Cricket Repudiates His Parable of Negritude." The Best American Poetry 2014. Ed. Terrance Hayes. New York: Scribner Poetry, 2014.

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"Bellringer"
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Uncollected.

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"Prose in a Small Space"
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Dove, Rita. "Prose in a Small Space." CUE: A Journal of Prose Poetry, vol. 2, no. 1, Win. 2005, p. 2.

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