American smooth : poems /

Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage -- from the glorious shimmer of an operatic soprano to Bessie Smith's mournful wail; from paradise lost to angel food cake; from hotshots at the local shooting range to the Negro jazz band in World War I whose...

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Main Author:	Dove, Rita (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania), Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania), Leonard L. Milberg Collection of American Poetry, Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays (Brown University) Poetry, 1976-2000
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton, [2004], ©2004 New York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2004 New York : ©2004 New York ; London : c2004 New York : 2004 New York ; London : [2004]
Edition:	1st ed
Series:	Black women writers series
Subjects:	African Americans > Poetry American poetry > 21st century National characteristics, American > Poetry Poetry, Modern > 21st century Poetry CHR 2004 PRO Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copies 1 & 2) PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy) Noirs américains > Poésie Poésie > 21e siècle African Americans American national characteristics > Poetry National characteristics, American American poetry Authors' presentation inscription (Provenance) > United States > 21st century Dust jacket Fiction Poésie poetry

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Call Number:	1976 D7433 R58a