Thomas and Beulah

Name: Thomas and Beulah
Author: Rita Dove

by Rita Dove

Narrative poems about an African-American couple's life spanning decades

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Rita Dove

American poet who was the youngest and first African American to serve as US Poet Laureate. Thomas and Beulah won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and reconstructs her grandparents' lives in verse.

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