Libraries are where it all begins.
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She took a group of us to see a living author, just a book signing. But that's really all it took to get me started on realizing my dream.Rita Dove
Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.
Rita Dove
Can it be that even as one grows to fit the space one lives in, one cannot grow until there's space to grow.
Rita Dove
I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.
Rita Dove
People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable.
Rita Dove
I write short stories, and I wrote a play.
Rita Dove
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