Mother Love: Poems (Norton Pbk)
Rita Dove
(Author)
Description
In settings as various as a patio in Arizona, the bistros and boulevards of Paris, the sun-drenched pyramids of Mexico--and directly from the Greek myth itself--Rita Dove explores this relationship and the dilemma of letting go.Product Details
Price
$15.95
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Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
May 17, 1996
Pages
96
Dimensions
5.54 X 0.4 X 8.27 inches | 0.31 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393314441
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About the Author
Rita Dove, Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, is the only poet honored with both the National Humanities Medal and the National Medal of Arts. A professor of creative writing at the University of Virginia, she lives in Charlottesville.
Reviews
This volume shows Dove--Pulitzer Prize winner, novelist, and 1993-95 U.S. Poet Laureate--at the height of her poetic powers.
Mother Love is an unsparing book. . . . Rita Dove's laser glance exposes and cauterizes its subjects in new and disturbing ways.--Helen Vendler
Mother Love is an unsparing book. . . . Rita Dove's laser glance exposes and cauterizes its subjects in new and disturbing ways.--Helen Vendler