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Rita Dove
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"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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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Age
"The poetry that sustains me is when I feel that, for a minute, the clouds have parted and I’ve seen ecstasy or something."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Poetry
"If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Trust
"Instead of trying to come up and pontificate on what literature is, you need to talk with children, to teachers, and make sure they get poetry in the curriculum early."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Poetry
"You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can’t imagine something that has never existed before, it’s impossible."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Imagination
"There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest is how I want to promote poetry."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Poetry
"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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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Poetry
"Have you ever heard a good joke? If you’ve ever heard someone just right, with the right pacing, then you’re already on the way to poetry. It’s about using words in very precise ways and using gesture."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Poetry
"Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Imagination
"Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful."
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Rita Dove
Topic(s):
Poetry
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