All Rita Dove Quotes
I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.
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It's the combination of the intimate and the public that I find so exciting about being poet laureate.
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Being Poet Laureate made me realize I was capable of a larger voice. There is a more public utterance I can make as a poet.
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I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.
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It really wasn't until I was in college when I began to write more and more, and I realized I was scheduling my entire life around my writing.
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