In 1970, Dove graduated from Buchtel High School as a Presidential Scholar. Rita Dove said this about memory in a poem called “Primer for the Nuclear Age”: if you’ve got a heart at all, someday it will kill you. Let Us Help You Pick Your Next Book. Early life. MOTHER LOVE POEMS by Rita Dove FOR my mother TO my daughter Foreword: AN INTACT WORLD “Sonnet” literally means “little song.” The sonnet is a heile Welt, an intact world where everything is in sync, from the stars down to the tiniest mite on a blade of grass. She is best known for her starring roles as Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy (2005–2014) and Eve Polastri in the spy thriller series Killing Eve … In 1993, she was named U.S. Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, to Ray Dove, one of the first African-American chemists to work in the U.S. tire industry (as research chemist at Goodyear), and Elvira Hord, who achieved honors in high school and would share her passion for reading with her daughter. Born in Akron, Ohio, Rita Dove (1952) was the daughter of one of the first African-American chemists allowed to work in the tire industry. Ray Dove was the youngest of 14 children. Dove was encouraged to read widely by her parents, and she excelled in school. Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of one of the first Black chemists in the tire industry. His daughter, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Rita Dove, says he had a relentless intellectual curiousity. Rita Dove won the Pulitzer in 1987 for her verse-novel "Thomas and Beulah," based on the story of her maternal grandparents. Rita Dove was born in the highly industrialized city of Akron, Ohio, on August 28, 1952. Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio in 1952 as the daughter of the first Black research chemist who, in the early 1950s, broke the race barrier in the tire industry. Poet Laureate, and four years later was presented with a National Humanities Medal by President Bill Clinton. Dove was encouraged to read widely by her parents, and she excelled in school. Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian-American actress. In 1980, she debuted with The Yellow House on the Corner, a collection that immediately won her great acclaim. Many collections followed. Rita Dove was born in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of one of the first Black chemists in the tire industry. https://www.sunsigns.org/famousbirthdays/d/profile/rita-dove