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*social distanced wave* hello! i never really use comments on substack, but i will say i opened this post up because i saw rita dove's name and absolutely admire her work! i'd never read “The Venus of Willendorf” or the book it's in, but i'm looking it up now :0c your post was convincing enough! cheers

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<waves back> hello! I'd never been that into Rita Dove's work but I read her book Sonata Mulattica last year and loved it, so I've been reassessing! Her "Rosa Parks" book was a little hit and miss, but had a lot I really liked. I have another collection of hers I have to read now...

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