Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Great Regulars: One of [Rita] Dove's best known

poems is titled "Parsley," which she read at the White House. This poem was motivated by the "creativity" of the dictator Rafael Trujillo, who slaughtered thousands of Haitians because they could not pronoun the Spanish "r" correctly.

from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: Rita Dove

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