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Adrienne Cecile Rich (/ ˈædriən / AD-ree-ən; May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", [1][2] and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse". [3] .
Adrienne Rich was an American poet, scholar, teacher, and critic whose many volumes of poetry trace a stylistic transformation from formal, well-crafted but imitative poetry to a more personal and powerful style. Rich attended Radcliffe College (B.A., 1951), and before her graduation her poetry was.
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Nov 23, 2020 · Books. The Long Awakening of Adrienne Rich. Some called her coarse, extreme, too quick to change. In fact, she was always one step ahead. By Maggie Doherty. November 23, 2020. In the first...
Adrienne Rich - The author of numerous collections of poetry, Adrienne Rich wrote poems examining such things as women's role in society, racism, politics, and war.
Chronology – Adrienne Rich. 1929 Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 16. Began writing poetry as a child with the encouragement and under the supervision of her father, Arnold Rich, from whose “very Victorian, pre-Raphaelite” library, Rich later recalled, she read Tennyson, Keats, Arnold, Blake, Rossetti, Swinburne, Carlyle, and Pater.
Mar 29, 2012 · Adrienne Rich, a poet of towering reputation and towering rage, whose work — distinguished by an unswerving progressive vision and a dazzling, empathic ferocity — brought the oppression of women...
Adrienne Rich (1929 – 2012) was one of the USA’s foremost poets, and her poetry’s intelligent and outspoken political commitment makes her one of the most provocative.
Adrienne Rich reading from her work — new audio and video. Excellent magnetic-tape video of Adrienne Rich reading on the West Coast recently became available online, among many recordings from the Poetry Center’s American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University.
Mar 30, 2012 · Adrienne Rich, one of the first widely published contemporary feminist poets, died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif. She was 82. Fresh Air remembers Rich with excerpts from a 1989...
