On Playlist for the Apocalypse: Rita Dove’s new collection is about the weight of American history, and it’s also about mortality. It’s the first time she has publicly acknowledged that she has had a...
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This episode of “Literary Arts: The Archive Project,” features highlights from the 2021 Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America. Listen to excerpts from longer discussions between...
Rita Dove with Sam Nester (l) and Renée Fleming (r). Photo © Katie Dance.
The Fulbright Program, celebrating its 75th anniversary throughout 2021, held a spectacular event on November 30 at the...
On a cold October night, Middlebury's Mahaney Arts Center hosted the New England premiere of a new work by Richard Danielpour.
Delayed by over a year due to the pandemic, the work, "A Standing...
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The New York Times Book Review featured Playlist for the Apocalypse in its recent piece, "Five Poets Who Find Music in the Personal, the Political or in Music Itself...
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Writes Teow Lim Goh: "Rita Dove’s new poetry collection, Playlist for the Apocalypse, draws from the past and present, from the segregation of Jews in Venice’s Ghetto to the bombing of the 16th Street...
M: Your first collection appeared in 1980. Since then, you have produced ground-breaking work across genres. What do you feel has changed most in your poetic practice since you first began writing? ...