Poems
Edición de la obra American Smooth
| Autor | Rita Dove |
|---|---|
| Editorial | W. W. Norton & Company, W.W. Norton & Co. |
| Fecha de publicación | September 30, 2004 |
| Lugar | New York, USA |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 143 |
| Formato | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9780393059878 |
| ISBN-10 | 0393059871 |
| OCLC | 55488060 |
| LCCN | 2004011793 |
| Número de Cutter |
D743a |
An occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since *On the Bus with Rosa Parks*. With the grace of an Astaire, 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 music conquered Europe before the Allied advance. Like the ballroom-dancing couple of the title poem, smiling and making the difficult seem effortless, Dove explores the shifting surfaces between perception and intimation.