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| Author | Rita Dove |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ray A. Dove |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Carnegie Mellon University Press |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 80 pp. |
| ISBN | 0-88748-021-7 (Paperback) |
| OCLC | 24955131 |
| 811/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3554.O884 T47 1986 |
| Preceded by | Fifth Sunday |
| Followed by | Grace Notes |
Thomas and Beulah is a book of poems by American poet Rita Dove that tells the semi-fictionalized chronological story of her maternal grandparents during the Great Migration,[1] the focus being on her grandfather (Thomas, his name in the book as well as in real life) in the first half and her grandmother (named Beulah in the book, although her real name was Georgianna) in the second.[citation needed] It won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for poetry,[2] making Dove the second African American to win the award after Gwendolyn Brooks won in 1950.[3]
- ^ Righelato, Pat (2006). Understanding Rita Dove. Columbia: University of South Carolina press. p. 70. ISBN 9781570036378.
- ^ "Rita Dove's Thomas and Beulah: Breaking down barriers and keeping stories alive". Iowa Public Radio.
- ^ Schneider, Steven; Dove, Rita (1989). "Coming Home: An Interview with Rita Dove". The Iowa Review. 19 (3): 112–123.