American Smooth(English, Paperback, Dove Rita)

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American Smooth(English, Paperback, Dove Rita) is written by Dove Rita and published by WW Norton & Co. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0393327442 (ISBN 10) and 9780393327441 (ISBN 13).

An occasion to celebrate: a new collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former poet laureate; her first since On the Bus with Rosa Parks. With the grace of an Astaire, Rita Dove's magnificent poems pay homage to our kaleidoscopic cultural heritage; from the glorious shimmer of an operatic soprano to Bessie Smith's mournful wail; from paradise lost to angel food cake; from hotshots at the local shooting range to the Negro jazz band in World War I whose music conquered Europe before the Allied advance. Like the ballroom-dancing couple of the title poem, smiling and making the difficult seem effortless, Dove explores the shifting surfaces between perception and intimation.