Rita Dove reads “Maple Valley Branch Library, 1967” – video

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Rita Dove reads her poem “Maple Valley Branch Library, 1967.”  Video courtesy of forsicht.  For more Rita Dove, visit http://people.virginia.edu/~rfd4b/. 

American Smooth (by Rita Dove) – video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKJKWYQyB0M

Video courtesy of PoetryEverywherePTV

Rita Dove reads her poem “American Smooth” as part of the Poetry Everywhere project airing on public television — produced by David Grubin Productions and WGBH Boston, in association with the Poetry Foundation. Filmed at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.  For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/poetryeverywhere.

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