Adrienne Rich – Cannonball Read 17

“her wounds came from the same source as her power”

The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich

March 26, 2023 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Poetry is a genre that I have a terrible time reviewing but in my personal quest to keep reading the genre – and not give up on it – I find myself trying to about once a year. The Dream of a Common Language is the first one of 2023 for me (I have at least one other poetry collection on my TBR for the year) and while I’ve known about its existence since I read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild back in 2012, it took a […]

Christianity aside, there was for me a repulsive side to Eliot’s poetry: an aversion to ordinary life and people.

Essential Essays by Adrienne Rich

February 11, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a selection of essays on various topics, mostly literary or related to 1970s and 1980s feminism from the now-deceased poet Adrienne Rich. The only real issue I could imagine having with the collection — from an already predisposed to agree in broad terms position — is that like any collection of selected essays, stories, or poems, there’s going to be choice made to satisfy broad expectations and if you want a more targeted to concentrated collection, you’ll have to find it in the original […]

A poet for our times: Adrienne Rich

January 2, 2015 by Valyruh Leave a Comment

My first post of 2015 is also my first of a book of poetry, and I couldn’t have chosen a better one than “Tonight No Poetry Will Serve” by the renowned American poet, social activist and feminist Adrienne Rich. I’m embarrassed to admit that I’ve never read any of Rich’s poetry before, and it took my youngest daughter Adrienne to introduce her to me. She is a revelation – her language is exquisite and painful, her anger fierce and authentic, her social conscience omnipresent. As […]

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