Poems by Rita Dove
Happenstance by Rita Dove
December 26, 2006
"You turned in the light, your eyes / seeking your name." — Rita Dove
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
Born: 28 August 1952
Rita Dove (she/her) was born in Akron, Ohio in 1952. A 1970 Presidential Scholar, she attended Miami University of Ohio, Universität Tübingen in Germany, and the University of Iowa, where she earned her creative writing MFA in 1977. In 1987, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her third collection of poetry, Thomas and Beulah, and from 1993 to 1995, she served as U.S. Poet Laureate at the Library of Congress. Dove is a recipient of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. (Source)