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Rita Dove – Poet of her People
American Rita Dove talks about her work, including the poem On the Bus with Rosa Parks
The first black American poet laureate Rita Dove talks about her work, including the poem On the Bus with Rosa Parks, and how it reflects the American dream in which anyone can effect change. Plus, Fame after Photography exhibition at MoMA, New York; Russian octavist singers on the album Basso Profundo; Homer's Illiad seen by starlight.
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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project
