Rich ∗wild Patience∗ Has Taken Me This Far Poems 1978–1981 - Softcover

Adrienne Rich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393000729 ISBN 13: 9780393000726

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 1982

Synopsis

This is a reissue in a new format of a book of verse by Adrienne Rich, whose Collected Early Poems 1950-1970 was chosen as one of the Top Twenty titles for the Feminist Book Festival, Britain's annual celebration of the best of women's writing.

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Review:

In this collection, Ms. Rich has shown both a deep knowledge of her subject, women, and a fine mastery of her craft, timeless contemporary poetry. Above all, she has not abandoned the struggle of 'trying to live/in a clear-headed tenderness' and translating her efforts into critical signposts for those who follow. "

About the Author:

Widely read, widely anthologized, widely interviewed, and widely taught, Adrienne Rich (1929-2012) was for decades among the most influential writers of the feminist movement and one of the best-known American public intellectuals. She wrote two dozen volumes of poetry and more than a half-dozen of prose. Her constellation of honors includes a National Book Award for poetry for Tonight, No Poetry Will Serve, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant in 1994, and a National Book Award for poetry in 1974 for Diving Into the Wreck. That volume, published in 1973, is considered her masterwork. Ms. Rich's other volumes of poetry include The Dream of a Common Language, A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far, An Atlas of the Difficult World, The School Among the Ruins, and Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth. Her prose includes the essay collections On Lies, Secrets, and Silence; Blood, Bread, and Poetry; an influential essay, "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence," and the nonfiction book Of Woman Born, which examines the institution of motherhood as a socio-historic construct. In 2006, Rich was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters by the National Book Foundation. In 2010, she was honored with The Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry's Lifetime Recognition Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0393000729
• ISBN 13: 9780393000726
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 70