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> [As an African-American, as a woman, I think that I've been sensitized to the way in which history privileges the white male and the way in which certain aspects of history, the things that we are taught in school, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/as-an-african-american-as-a-woman-i-think-that-i-ve-been-sensitized/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

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## More by Rita Dove

> [I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/i-think-children-have-talent-and-insight-but-it-gets-beaten-out-of/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/courage-has-nothing-to-do-with-our-determination-to-be-great-it-has/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [Libraries are where it all begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/libraries-are-where-it-all-begins/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [My inspiration comes from everywhere, just walking down the street and I never know where it's going to come from, so I keep a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/my-inspiration-comes-from-everywhere-just-walking-down-the-street-and/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [To write for PC reasons, because you think you ought to be dealing with this subject, is never going to yield anything that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/to-write-for-pc-reasons-because-you-think-you-ought-to-be-dealing/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/all-of-us-have-moments-in-our-childhood-where-we-come-alive-for-the/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You see, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/the-first-book-go-ahead-it-won-t-bite-well-maybe-a-little-more-a-nip/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/sometimes-a-word-is-found-so-right-it-trembles-at-the-slightest/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [Listen how they say your name. If they can't say that right, there's no way they're going to know how to treat you proper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/listen-how-they-say-your-name-if-they-can-t-say-that-right-there-s-no/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/people-write-me-from-all-over-the-country-asking-me-and-sometimes/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [Creative writing and literacy go hand and hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/creative-writing-and-literacy-go-hand-and-hand/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [There are distinct duties of a poet laureate. I plan a reading series at the Library of Congress and advise the librarian. The rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/there-are-distinct-duties-of-a-poet-laureate-i-plan-a-reading-series/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [My first advice would be to read, read, read, which sounds interesting coming in a digital age, but it's so much easier to listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/my-first-advice-would-be-to-read-read-read-which-sounds-interesting/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [To me, a poem is almost like someone whispering to another person, or you hear the whispering in your head. I hope with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/to-me-a-poem-is-almost-like-someone-whispering-to-another-person-or/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

> [I was not interested in doing the plot of OEDIPUS in blackface. I did wonder, what would these people have been like if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-dove/i-was-not-interested-in-doing-the-plot-of-oedipus-in-blackface-i-did/)

[Rita Dove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-dove/)

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