Through the Ivory Gate: A novel
by Rita Dove
Vintage (Oct 05, 1993)
Poetry, Paperback, 288 pages
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Description of Through the Ivory Gate: A novel by Rita Dove
A debut novel by the 1987 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. When a woman returns to her Midwestern hometown as an artist-in-residence to teach puppetry to schoolchildren, her homecoming also means dealing with memories of racism, rejected love—and truths about her family. Author readings.

Additional Book Information:
- ISBN: 9780679742401
- Imprint: Vintage
- Publisher: Penguin Random House
- Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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