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Collected Poems: 1974-2004 Ages 9 and up " Brown speaks to theRita Dove's Collected Poems 1974 2004 showcases the wide ranging diversity that earned her a Pulitzer Prize, the position of U. S. poet laureate, a National Humanities Medal, and a National Medal of Art. Gathering thirty years and seven books, this volume compiles Dove's fresh reflections on adolescence in The Yellow House on the Corner and her irreverent musings in Museum. She sets the moving love story of Thomas and Beulah against the backdrop of