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rita dove



rita dove The Darker Face of Earth



"Obviously as a black woman, I am concerned with race... But certainly not every poem of mine mentions the fact of being Black. There are poems about humanity, and sometimes humanity happens to be black. I cannot run from, I won't run from any kind of truth" -- Washington Post April 27, 1987

original photo taken from the following website courses.lib.odu.edu/litfest/22nd/dove22.html


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