The National Book Foundation, the nonprofit which presents the book awards ... Prize-winning collection “Thomas and Beulah,” inspired by her maternal grandparents. Rita Dove stands on stage ...

Torres, whose book imagines a ... were presented to poet Rita Dove and to Paul Yamazaki, a longtime bookseller at San Francisco’s famed City Lights store. Winners in the five competitive ...

The National Book Foundation, the nonprofit that presents the book awards ... with the Oscar-winning film composer John Williams on the song cycle “Seven for Luck.” “Rita Dove’s oeuvre ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Rita Dove is this ... on music with the Oscar-winning composer John Williams. She will be presented her medal at the National Book Award ceremony in November, when prizes ...