The Dream of a Common Language
by:
Adrienne Rich (author)
"Rich's poems do not demand the willing suspension of disbelief. They demand belief, and it is a measure of her success as a poet that most of the time they get it. . . . The affirmation and the occasional moments of pure joy in these poems are quiet but fully earned."--Margaret Atwood, New York...
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"Rich's poems do not demand the willing suspension of disbelief. They demand belief, and it is a measure of her success as a poet that most of the time they get it. . . . The affirmation and the occasional moments of pure joy in these poems are quiet but fully earned."--Margaret Atwood, New York Times Book Review
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393310337 (0393310337)
Publish date: April 17th 1993
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 96
Edition language: English
Rich is one of my favorite poets, and there are few words to describe how beautiful and thoughtful these poems are. This slim volume is divided into three sections, "Power," "Twenty-One Love Poems," and "Not Somewhere Else, But Here." This is one of her later collections, written after receiving the...
Personal favorites: "Transcendental Etude," and "Twenty-one Love Poems"