Poet Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio 28 August 1952 About Rita Dove I was interested in reading poetry by Rita Dove because she has been a professor at The University of Virginia, where I got my graduate degrees, for many years. She has also been a Virginia Poet Laureate. I’ve always thought she …
Pablo Neruda, born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, was a Chilean poet and diplomat. Although he wrote and published poems and other forms throughout his life, he also served as a diplomat in several countries. Later in life, he was detained in Chile as a Communist. While the terms “Communism” and “Socialism” have negative connotations …
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Arab Festival T-shirt SEATTLE 2007. I wasn’t even there, But wear this shirt proudly all the time. Since when Arab Tragedy only? No! Forgetting spread tables, smoky eggplant, tiny spinach pies, punctuating pomegranate seeds, neat salmon in the center of each rectangle of harissa, since when we put down embroideries, joy, birth certificates of stitching …
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