93-10-05 U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove to Speak at U.Va. Fall Convocation Ceremony Oct. 29

U.S. POET LAUREATE RITA DOVE TO SPEAK AT U.VA.
FALL CONVOCATION CEREMONY OCT. 29

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Oct. 5 -- U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove,
professor of English at the University of Virginia, will speak and
read some of her poetry -- at the University's Fall Convocation on
Friday, Oct. 29.
     The 2 p.m. ceremony on the Lawn will include the presentation
of intermediate honors to top third-year students and other
University awards.  The program is open to the public.
     Free parking will be available at University Hall, with
frequent shuttle bus service provided to and from the Lawn area. 
In the event of rain, the ceremonies will be held in University
Hall.
     Dove, the Library of Congress's 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.
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                                                  October 4, 1993
     [A mult box for broadcast media taping the event will be
available.]
 
Karen Castle, Office Services Specialist, University News Office
P.O. Box 9018, Booker House, Charlottesville, VA  22906
(804) 924-7116, kac@virginia.edu

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Tue, 5 Oct 93 15:57:12 EDT]