An introduction to Rita Dove by Grace Cavalieri
In a stunning video, Grace covers the life and work of the first female of color US Poet Laureate
"If critics look at a literary model of a balanced life, the thinking, feeling, sensual, and intuitive, this can be seen as a template for Rita Dove’s writing."
Grace Cavalieri's new web series "20th-Century Poets Commentaries" is off to a strong start with introductions and commentaries on such poets as Robert Hayden, Ted Kooser, Robert Pinsky, and Josephine Jacobsen.
Rita Dove, the first female of color to hold the vaunted position of US poet laureate, claims an important place in late 20th-century poetry and American history.
Her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Thomas and Beulah, Grace explains, displays her use of intuition in creating semi-biographical poems that reach, in Dove's words, to the "inner-truth."
You can support Grace's mission to create a video on every US Poet Laureate (and then some) by buying her book Other Voices, Other Lives.
All of her commentaries are produced by Forest Woods Media (a 501c3).
Episode 5 of Rose Reads Brings Poems of Hope and Survival
On this episode of Rose Reads, RS reads and discusses poetry of hope and survival, including work from Dorianne Laux, Richard Peabody, and Eavan Boland.
Blogger Laudes the “Concise and Thoughtful” Poetry of Hazen’s “Girls Like Us”
Book blogger Bookish Kitty reviews the excellent new collection, “Girls Like Us,” by Elizabeth Hazen.
May 4th, ASP is Slashing Prices on Physical Books
We are incredibly happy to announce that, starting next Monday, May 4th, every title in Alan Squire Publishing’s catalog will be available for HALF-PRICE (while our supplies last).