93-10-08:  U.S. Poet Laureate Dove to Speak at Fall Convocation Oct. 29


     U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove, professor of English, will
speak and read some of her poetry at the University's Fall
Convocation Oct. 29.

     The 2 p.m. ceremony on the Lawn, which is open to the
public, will include the presentation of intermediate honors to
top third-year students and other University awards. Free parking
will be available at University Hall, with frequent shuttle bus
service provided to and from the Lawn. In the event of rain, the
ceremonies will be held in University Hall.

     Ms. Dove, the Library of Congress' seventh poet laureate
consultant-in-poetry, plans to participate actively in promoting
poetry and literature to the public this year and to introduce
original programming at the library.

     She received the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for her 1986
collection, "Thomas and Beulah," and is the author of a novel,
a collection of short stories and three additional volumes of
poetry, "The Yellow House on the Corner, Museum," and "Grace
Notes." She has taught at U.Va. since 1989.