American Smooth

Poems

Rita Dove author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:WW Norton & Co

Published:17th Mar '06

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

American Smooth cover

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