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World Service,03 Aug 1999,28 mins

Rita Dove – Poet of her People

Meridian

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The first black American poet laureate Rita Dove talks about her work, including the poem On the Bus with Rosa Parks, and how it reflects the American dream in which anyone can effect change. Plus, Fame after Photography exhibition at MoMA, New York; Russian octavist singers on the album Basso Profundo; ѿýr's Illiad seen by starlight.

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