Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter distinguished visitor Rita Dove press release

RITA DOVE
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA
SORORITY
Theta Theta Omega Chapter
Presents
Saturday, October 15, 1988
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Humanities Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY
Theta Theta Omega Chapter
P.O.Box 4314, Las Vegas,Nv.89106
Rita Dove is known in literary circles not only as a virtuoso poet but as a captivating reader. her 20th century family saga, Thomas and Beulah, won her the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Ms. Dove is a graduate of Miami University and the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. She is now a professor of English at Arizona State University. Among her h onors, a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, a grant from National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a General Electric Foundation Award. At age 34, she was one of the youngest recipients and only the second Afro-American to win the prestigious Pulitzer.
Books by Rita Dove The Yellow House on Museum Fifth Sunday Thomas and Beulah
the Corner
Funded by a grant from
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U.S. POSTAGE PAID
LAS VEGAS, NV
PERMIT NO. 1191
Alpfpt Kappa Alpfja Aororttg
Thetii Tilda Omega Chapter
I as Vegas, Nevada
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sylvia Speed
Phone: 361-3655
RITA DOVE
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING POET
Will present a lecPure, reading, and discussion of her current
and past work, including excerpts from Thomas and Beulah, her
prize-winning book. At age 34, she was one of the youngest recipients
and only the second Afro-American to win the coveted prize.
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 15, 1988
7:30 P.M.
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS HUMANITIES BUILDING
Auditorium room 109
THIS PROGRAM IS OPEN AND FREE TO THE PUBLIC AND IS FUNDED IN PART
BY A GRANT FROM THE NEVADA HUMANITIES COMMITTEE
Alpfy* Kappa Alpha Sororttg
Thclu I ’hula Omega Chapter
I.as Vegas, Nevada
Spetember 27, 1988
Dear News Director,
Theta Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,
is sponsoring an evening with Rita Dove, 1987 Pulitzer Prize
Poet on Saturday, October 15th . At age 34, Ms. Dove was one
of the youngest recipients and only the second Afro-American
to win the coveted prize. 'We believe Rita Dove's appearance
in Las Vegas will be a memorable and exciting evening. Your
help in publicizing this event will make it possible for many
of the general public to learn of this program.
Our organization has received funding from the Nevada Humanities
Committee to make this program free and available to the general
public. In the past nine years, we have sponsored such notable
persons as: Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Julian Bond, LeRone
Bennett, and Alvin Pouissant. Those programs have enhanced
public understanding of the Black experience in America and
we expect this current event to continue the past trends.
Thank you for helping us.
at 361-3655.
For more information, I can be reached
Cordially,
ylvFa W. Sp eed, Toject Director