false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg 150320 3 The poems in this unusual book tell a story, forming a narrative almost like a realistic novel. Read in sequence as intended, they tell of the lives of a married black couple (not unlike Dove's own grandparents) from the early part of the century until their deaths in the 1960s, a period that spans the great migration of blacks from rural south to urban north. But this is merely the social backdrop to the story of a marriage. Two separate sequences offer two views of the couple's lives: the first, "Mandolin," consists of 23 poems giving Thomas's side, and "Canary in Bloom" gives Beulah's in 21 poems. Together they paint a detailed, poetically dense portrait of two lives in all their frailty, dignity and complexity. The collection was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1987. 145086 6 1986 Thomas and Beulah total:184|5:49|4:73|3:51|2:9|1:2| 184 710 245 21 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 3 0 false Wed Mar 05 09:58:55 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 12:51:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 4 0 false Sat May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Jan 20 06:49:13 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 06:49:13 -0800 2008
Rita Dove won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry with Thomas and Beulah, and it's pretty easy to see why. Dove's poetic biography of her ancestors is hyperkinetic, jazz-infused poetry rooted in the Depression, full of life, sass, and vine...more...]]> 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 4 0 false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 16:43:48 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:45:50 -0700 2009 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 4 0 false Sun Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 10:42:01 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 04:16:40 -0800 2009 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Sat Feb 14 18:49:31 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 18:50:12 -0800 2009 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 22:41:06 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 08:45:39 -0800 2009 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 13:05:31 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 13:07:38 -0700 2008
The tone of the book comes across as the popular and folk voices of multiple generations o...more...]]> 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 4 0 false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 06 09:32:25 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 06 10:01:56 -0700 2007 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 3 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jul 20 12:49:04 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 12:50:14 -0700 2007 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 3 0 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 14:57:37 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 14:59:15 -0700 2007 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Wed Apr 18 09:50:52 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 19 10:37:03 -0700 2007 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Tue Aug 07 05:47:18 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 05:47:20 -0700 2007 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 0 0 false Tue Mar 04 18:02:59 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 18:04:34 -0800 2008 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 2 0 false Thu Jul 17 17:34:47 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 17:35:34 -0700 2008 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Wed Jul 23 11:50:18 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 11:51:19 -0700 2008 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Sun Sep 07 21:41:22 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 22:47:28 -0800 2008 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Mon Sep 17 16:44:40 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 16:44:44 -0700 2007 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Sat Sep 01 19:38:43 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 07:48:52 -0700 2007 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 0 0 false Tue Sep 29 18:02:27 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 23 19:30:00 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 29 18:02:27 -0700 2009 150320 0887480217 9780887480218 183 21 3.86 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172212840m/150320.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150320.Thomas_and_Beulah 5 0 false Wed Feb 06 20:41:47 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 20:42:19 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=150320