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The Library of Congress holds a number of books by Rita Dove, as well as recordings of her work, in its physical collections. A selected bibliography of books and sound recordings by Rita Dove held by the Library of Congress follows below.
You can identify additional materials by searching the Library of Congress Online Catalog using the following headings:
The Library's subscription databases, available only to on-campus users, include many articles, interviews, essays, and literary criticism related to Dove's life and work. If you need assistance locating resources related to Rita Dove in these databases or in our physical collections, please contact the Library's poetry and literature librarians.
The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are provided when available.
Collected Poems, 1974-2004 by 
On the Bus with Rosa Parks by 
The Yellow House on the Corner by 
Conversations with Rita Dove by 
The Darker Face of the Earth by 
The poet and the poem from the Library of Congress--Favorite poets. Rita Dove [sound recording]. by Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove discusses the Thomas Jefferson rough draft of the Declaration of Independence [sound recording]. by A handful of inwardness [sound recording] : the world in the poet : lecture by Grace Cavalieri interviews United States Poet Laureate Rita Dove [sound recording]. by Rita Dove and Edward Hirsch reading their poems [sound recording]. by 
