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Rita Dove on Playlist for the Apocalypse

Rita Dove's 'Playlist for the Apocalypse' is her plea for unity, collective well-being

“I still believe that we listen more closely to a whisper than to a shout.” In this PBS NewsHour interview with Jeffrey Brown, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Rita Dove speaks about history, rage, the power of poetry, and her latest collection, Playlist for the Apocalypse (Norton, 2021).

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Rita Dove
Playlist for the Apocalypse
2022
PBS NewsHour
interview
Jeffrey Brown
Pulitzer Prize
United States Poet Laureate

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