American Smooth
Poems
Format:Paperback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Published:17th Mar '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
"Rita Dove pulls the ultimate dance trick: she makes it look easy." The New York Times Book Review"
- Winner of New York Times Notable Selection 2004
ISBN: 9780393327441
Dimensions: 211mm x 140mm x 13mm
Weight: 173g
144 pages