Rita Dove
Sue Lawley's castaway is poet Rita Dove.
Sue Lawley's guest this week is the poet Rita Dove. The first African-American to become the US Poet Laureate, Rita Dove was brought up to believe that education was the key to the Great American Dream. As a child she would lose herself in the local library, but she learned the art of story-telling from her aunts as they swapped tales about the Great Depression, civil rights, and, of course, motherhood.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: Koln Concert by Keith Jarrett
Book: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Luxury: Ballroom and robotic dance instructor
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Castaway's Favourite
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Keith Jarrett
The K枚ln Concert
- The Koln Concert.
- ECM Records.
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Strong Again
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sarabande
Artist: Yo Yo Man
- 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites.
- CBS.
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Marin Marais
Sonnerie De Ste Genevieve du Mont-de-Paris
Soloist: F Biondi, J Savall, P Hantai, R Lislevand Conductor: Jordi Savall
- Tous les Matins Du Monde - Soundtrack Album.
- Auvidis Valois.
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Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
- The Very Best of Billie Holiday.
- Columbia.
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Georges Bizet
C'est toi! (from Carmen)
Soloist: Placido Domingo and Tatiana Troyanos Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Sir George Solti
- Carmen.
- Decca.
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Gipsy Kings
Opening of Amor d'un Dia
- Luna De Fuego.
- CBS.
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Randy Newman
God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
- Sail Away.
- Reprise.
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Book Choice
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100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Luxury Choice
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Ballroom and robotic dance instructor
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Sue Lawley |
Interviewed Guest | Rita Dove |
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 Aug 1999 11:15成人快手 Radio 4
- Fri 27 Aug 1999 09:00成人快手 Radio 4
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