External Websites

The following links to external websites provide more information about the life and works of Rita Dove.

Biographical information about Rita Dove also can be found on the following websites:

Academy of American Poets External
Biography of Rita Dove, samples of her poetry, and links to related websites.
University of Virginia, Department of English Faculty Page External
Lists Rita Dove's degrees, interests, honors, and academic positions, as well as a bibliography of her work.
Poetry Foundation External
Biography of Rita Dove, bibliography of her writings, and more than 15 online poems.
The Rita Dove Home Page External
Biography of Rita Dove, interviews, online videos, audio recordings, and links to other resources about Dove.

For the latest news and discussions related to Rita Dove, see:

A selected list of news articles, interviews, and conversations, arranged in chronological order, follows below.

Selected Articles, News, and Interviews

"Poetry Foundation Makes History Honoring 2022 Pegasus Awardees" External
Poetry Foundation. September 8, 2022.
"UVA Adds Dove Portrait and Bus Stop Marker to Honor Recent History" External
UVAToday. April 15, 2022.
"Rita Dove Shares Insight into New Poetry Book and Challenges with Multiple Sclerosis" External
The Columbus Dispatch. August 15, 2021.
"Rita Dove: 'We aren’t lost'" External
Guernica. August 11, 2021.
"By the Book: The Icelandic Saga That Keeps Rita Dove Coming Back for More" External
The New York Times. August 6, 2021.
"State Department Names Poet and English Professor Rita Dove a 'Trailblazer’ External
UVAToday. February 18, 2021.
"Rita Dove Reads at Literary Festival" External
The Kenyon Collegian. November 15, 2018.
"NYT Magazine’s Rita Dove on What Poetry Might Grant Unsuspecting News Readers" External
Columbia Journalism Review. May 25, 2018.
"Rita Dove to Become New York Times Magazine’s Poetry Editor" External
UVAToday. April 27, 2018.
"An Interview with Rita Dove" External
Virginia Quarterly Review. Winter 2016.
"The World Has to Fall Away: An Interview with Rita Dove" External
The Georgia Review. Spring 2016.
"Until the Fulcrum Tips: A Conversation with Rita Dove and Jericho Brown" External
Best American Poetry blog. December 12, 2011.
"Poet at the Dance: Rita Dove in Conversation" External
Interviewed by Robert McDowell, Academy of American Poets; article originally appeared in American Poet. Fall 2003.
"An Interview with Ms. Dove" External
The Book Report. April 8, 1997.
"Rita Dove" External
Academy of American Achievement. June 18, 1994.

A selection of radio programs featuring Rita Dove or in which Dove and her work are discussed.

"Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove Reflects on Her Pulitzer Prize-winning Poetry Collection and Her Grandparents' Love" External
Iowa Public Radio. April 20, 2022.
"Poet Rita Dove Offers a 'Playlist for the Apocalypse'" External
KQED. August 24, 2021.
"Rita Dove: 'Playlist for the Apocalypse'" External
Bookworm. April 21, 2021.
"Words Won't Fail Us: Rita Dove Talks With Lara Downes" External
Amplify With Lara Downes, NPR. March 27, 2021
"Akron's Rita Dove on Poetry and Politics" External
ideastream. October 12, 2018. (13:02)
"Rita Dove: Set Phasers To Poem" External
Ask Me Another, NPR. August 25, 2017. (13:29)
Rita Dove: "Collected Poems: 1974 – 2004" External
The Diane Rehm Show, NPR. May 5, 2016.
"Rita Dove, Teatro Publico de Cleveland & 12 Hours of Terror" External
The Sound of Applause. October 13, 2014. (49:31)
"Rita Dove On New Anthology, Advice For Young Poets" External
Tell Me More, NPR. January 2, 2012. (13:55)
"Talking Volumes: Rita Dove" External
Minnesota Public Radio. May 18, 2009. (54:09)
"Poets Laureate Talk about Their Art" External
Minnesota Public Radio. May 13, 2009. (54:14)
"Poet's Corner: 'Parsley' by Rita Dove" External
News & Notes, NPR. March 1, 2005. (4:57)
"Rita Dove, American Smooth" External
Bookworm, KCRW. March 25, 2004. (27:42)

Podcasts and other non-radio audio recordings featuring Rita Dove are listed below.

"Lady Freedom Among Us" External
Read at the occasion of the return of the statue Freedom to the dome of the U.S. Capitol. October 23, 1993.
"Rita Dove Reads 'Reunion 2005'" External
Academy of American Poets.
"Rita Dove Reads 'Weathering Out'" External
Academy of American Poets.

Many videos of Rita Dove reading and discussing her work can be found through the following two sources:

YouTube - "Rita Dove" search results External
Numerous videos of Rita Dove reading and performing her work appear through this YouTube search on her name.
"Rita Dove’s ‘Playlist for the Apocalypse’ is Her Plea for Unity, Collective Well-being" External
PBS NewsHour. September 15, 2021.
Teaching Poetry: A Conversation with Rita Dove External
A collaboration between the Library of Congress and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove discusses her own approach to writing, shares and discusses specific poems, and participates in a Q&A session. February 24, 2020.
"How does a Shadow Shine? Poetry, Music & the Underside of History" External
King’s College London Arts and Humanities Festival. Octeober 13, 2015. (1:28:17)
"If You Can't Be Free, Be A Mystery: The Poetry of Rita Dove" External
University of California Television. February 1999. (28:03)
"Videos of Rita Dove Dancing" External
The Rita Dove Home Page

Selected online reviews of Rita Dove's books of poetry and prose appear below.

Poetry Reviews

Playlist for the Apocalypse: Poems (2021)

Collected Poems 1974-2004 (2016)

Publishers Weekly External

Sonata Mulattica (2009)

American Smooth (2004)

On the Bus with Rosa Parks (1999)

Mother Love (1995)

Selected Poems (1993)

Publishers Weekly External

Grace Notes (1989)

Publishers Weekly External

Rita Dove, U.S. Poet Laureate: A Resource Guide

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