American Smooth (poetry collection)
Author | Rita Dove |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Poetry |
Publisher | W.W. Norton |
Publication date | 2004 |
Media type | |
Pages | 143 pp. |
ISBN | 978-0-393-05987-8 |
OCLC | 55488060 |
811/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3554.O884 A77 2004 |
Preceded by | On the Bus with Rosa Parks |
Followed by | Sonata Mulattica |
American Smooth is a poetry book by Rita Dove.[1]
Contents
- All souls
- "I have been a stranger in a strange land"
- Fox trot Fridays
- Ta ta cha cha
- Quick
- Brown
- Fox
- Heart to heart
- Cozy apologia
- Soprano
- Two for the Montrose drive-in
- Meditation at fifty yards, moving target
- American smooth [2]
- The castle walk
- The passage
- Noble sissle's horn
- Alfonzo prepares to go over the top
- La Chapelle. 92nd Division. Ted
- Variation on reclamation
- The return of Lieutenant James Reese Europe
- Ripont
- Chocolate
- Bolero
- Hattie McDaniel arrives at the coconut grove
- Samba summer
- Blues in half-tones, 3/4 time
- Describe yourself in three words or less
- The seven veils of Salomé
- From your valentine
- Rhumba
- The sisters: swansong.
- Evening primrose
- Reverie in open air
- Sic itur ad astra
- Count to ten and we'll be there
- Eliza, age 10, Harlem
- Lullaby
- Driving through
- Desert backyard
- Desk dreams
- Now
- Against flight
- Looking up from the page, I am reminded of this mortal coil.
Reviews
- Edward Byrne (Fall/Winter 2004-2005). "RITA DOVE: AMERICAN SMOOTH". Valparaiso Review. Check date values in:
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(help) - EMILY NUSSBAUM (November 21, 2004). "American Smooth: Dance Fever". The NEw York Times.
References
- ↑ Donahue, Cecilia. "American Smooth". The Literary Encyclopedia. (subscription required to view full article)
- ↑ "American Smooth by Rita Dove". Poetry Archive.
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