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Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States and Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995, making her the youngest person and the first African -American to receive this highest official honor in American letters. She held the position for two years. In 1999 she was reappointed Special Consultant in Poetry for 1999/2000, the Library of Congresss bicentennial year. She has received numerous literary and academic honors, among them the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for Thomas and Beulah, the 1997 Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award, the 1996 National Humanities Medal, and the 2001 Duke Ellington Lifetime Achievement Award. Dove was born in Akron, Ohio in 1952. A 1970 Presidential Scholar, she received her B.A. summa cum laude from Miami University of Ohio and her M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. She also held a Fulbright scholarship at the University Bingen in Germany. Dove is Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville..

How to hire Rita Dove for an event

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Frequently Asked Questions about booking Rita Dove to speak.

Many performers, actors, speakers and other talent like Rita Dove in certain cases will consider virtual appearances via live streaming. They perhaps may accept lower fees too. If you are seriously interested in booking Rita Dove or other talent shown on our site, we will research their desire and the specific fee for your live-streaming event or project request.
Rita Dove's current work schedule and location in relation to your event's type, date, budget, and locality will play a primary factor in the acceptance of booking Rita Dove for your party. As long as your funding is commensurate with the price range to book Rita Dove, CTI will propose your event to the official agency representing Rita Dove. After we consult with them, we will provide a personal and accurate quote that includes: final costs, availability, and actual interest in being hired for your specific event or party.
CTI can give you the accurate Rita Dove booking price once we submit your event details to their camp. "How much does it cost to book Rita Dove for an event?" is a frequent question we get. The final Rita Dove booking price is contingent on many variables and the booking fee we may show is based on a range derived from our past experience with what will Rita Dove charge for an event. An example fee to book Rita Dove is in the starting range of $7,500-$14,999. However, any recent popularity change would cause a price fluctuation well beyond this example. Also, their speaking fee might be different than the fee shown for the cost to perform or to just appear. Popularity, career stage, along with current demand will cause fluctuations in their speaking price as well. The final booking price may be more than what is shown, but you should at least have a budget within that range for them to consider an appearance, performance or speaking engagement.
CTI negotiates on behalf of professional event planners and talent buyers for paid appearances! We cannot give out direct contact information of the Rita Dove agent or help distribute fan mail, personal messages, gifts, requests for free appearances, or donations of time. The Rita Dove manager and agent will only work with us if we present them with funded offers for their client to work your event.
There is low probability to book Rita Dove for a party with anything substantially less than the published booking cost price range. We will negotiate with the Rita Dove agent on your behalf if your funding is in place. By not having funding ready then it will more difficult to book Rita Dove, because they get many offers to work events that are at or above asking price. It is also important to consider the travel costs when researching the Rita Dove booking fee, as additional expenses like this, as well as an entourage of staff and equipment, are not necessarily built-in to the booking fee range shown. If your budget does not factor that in, then there is no benefit for them to want to be hired. We do not personally speak for Rita Dove, but in our experience in booking talent for over 25 years, this is generally the outcome of inadequate funding.
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