Rita Dove is a Pulitzer Prize-winner and the youngest poet to have held the post of Poet Laureate of the United States. In this program with Bill Moyers, Dove talks about her life and work, the relationship between poetry and power, and her plans for taking poetry to the people. The program also features Dove reading extensive selections from her works (including her Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Thomas and Beulah) and in performance before and audience.
The Moyers Collection. 60 minutes.
