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June 13, 2012
Writing for the Huffington Post, Marcia Alesan Dawkins says that the heritage of Natasha Trethewey, the United States' newest poet laureate, makes her part of an American story that usually goes unwritten.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onJune 8, 2012
The first African American to hold the post since Rita Dove tells the stories of people who don't often make it into poetry books.
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by Abdul Ali onOctober 26, 2011
A new Penguin anthology edited by Rita Dove highlights a number of African-American poets.
