Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Am the Darker Brother | 1968 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 2 | Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry | 1999 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 3 | Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature | 2002 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 4 | O Taste and See: Food Poems | 2003 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 5 | Writer in the Library: 41 Writers Reveal How They Use Libraries to Develop Their Skill, Craft & Careers | 2008 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 6 | Sisters | 2009 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 7 | The Civil Rights Reader | 2009 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 8 | The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry | 2011 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 9 | What My Mother Gave Me | 2013 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 10 | Truth to Power | 2017 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 11 | Reel Verse | 2019 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 12 | The 1619 Project | 2019 | Rita Dove | Buy |
| 13 | Breaking into Blossom: Poems with Extraordinary Endings | 2025 | Rita Dove | Buy |
Rita Dove’s anthology work includes both collections she edited and multi-author volumes she contributed to. Her most significant editorial project is The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry (2011), a wide-ranging selection of American verse. She has also contributed to anthologies focused on Black literature, civil rights, food poetry, and cultural criticism.
Notable contributions include The 1619 Project (2019), Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature (2002), and Truth to Power (2017). These anthologies reflect Dove’s engagement with literary communities and social issues beyond her own poetry.