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Rita Dove

I was apprehensive. I feared every time I talked about poetry, it would be filtered through the lens of race, sex, and age.

Rita Dove

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Rita Dove felt worried that people would judge her poetry based on her identity rather than its content. She was concerned that her age, race, and gender would overshadow her work whenever she discussed it.

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