Rita also received an appointment as the “special consultant in poetry” for the Library of Congress’ bicentennial year from 1999 to 2000. And at the age of 40, she was also the youngest person in the position. She is the first African American to have been appointed since the position was created by one act of Congress in 1986. She is a trained classical cellist and violist da gamba.įrom 1993 to 1995, she served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. In 1989, she started teaching at the University of Virginia. Rita, from 1981 until 1989, taught creative writing at Arizona State University. In 1977 she got her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. She held a Fulbright Scholarship in 19 from University of Tubingen, Germany. In 1973, she graduated summa cum laude with her BA from Miami University. Rita graduated as a Presidential Scholar from Buchtel High School, in 1970. She was born to Ray Dove, one of the first African-American chemists to work in the US tire industry (as a research chemist at Goodyear), and Elvira Hord, who achieved honors during high school and would later share her own passion for reading with her daughter.
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