Collected Early Poems 1950–1971 - Hardcover

Rich, Adrienne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393034186 ISBN 13: 9780393034189

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1993

Synopsis

Presents 200 of Rich's poems, including those from her first six books, plus a dozen others of the 1950s and '60s. The poems address urgent questions of contemporary relevance whilst exploring new poetic territory. Adrienne Rich's last volume was a finalist for the National Book Award of America.

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Review:

Basic for a library of contemporary poetry. -- Fred Eckman

Basic for a library of contemporary poetry.--Fred Eckman

This important volume charts the radical transformation of one of America's most significant poets. "

Basic for a library of contemporary poetry. --Fred Eckman"

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 & Company
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0393034186
• ISBN 13: 9780393034189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 458