Rita Dove
Rita Dove was the youngest person ever to be named United States Poet Laureate.\xa0 She was also the first African American to hold the title.\xa0 Her poems imbue historical events with personal detail and experience.\xa0 Dove is also a novelist and acclaimed lyricist.\xa0 On August 15, 2021, she talked with Steven Winn about her most recent collection. \u201cPlaylist for the Apocalypse\u201d.