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Adrienne Rich was the female face of American poetry for decades. Her forceful, uncompromising writing has more than stood the test of time, and the life of the woman behind the words is equally impressive. Motivated by personal revelations, Rich transformed herself from a traditional, Radcliffe-educated lyric poet and married mother of three sons into a path-breaking lesbian-feminist author of prose as well as poetry. In doing so, she emerged as both architect and exemplar of the modern feminist movement, breaking ranks to denounce the male-dominated literary establishment and paving the way for the many queer women of letters to take their places in the cultural mainstream. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished materials, including Rich's correspondence and in-depth interviews with numerous people who knew her, Hilary Holladay digs deep into never-before-accessed sources to portray Rich in full dimension and vivid, human detail.
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November 17, 2020 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780593293324
- File size: 535203 KB
- Duration: 18:35:00
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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Hilary Holladay's biography of one of America's important poets occasionally falls into polemic, and Rich's sons disappear from it for long stretches, but it is a strong telling of a life. Maggi-Meg Reed narrates with an engaged and engaging passion. Rich knew most of the significant American poets of her era, and Reed does not attempt to create voices for the many speaking characters. She just gives every bit of quoted text as meaningful and emotional an interpretation as she can without ever overacting. The audiobook is full of life as well as full of the life of a woman who kept rediscovering and reinventing herself over a sixty-year career as a writer and public intellectual. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
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