Adrienne Rich

Adrienne Rich: Leaving Her Mark on America

Brian Umana | Posted 05.22.2012

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Brian Umana

Over the years, critics have justly celebrated her work, and those who dismissed her for her tendentiousness have found themselves on the wrong side of history. The more time you spend with the poems, the more precise and revelatory they seem.

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Striking at the Source of the War on Women

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.03.2012

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Robert S. McElvaine

The misbegotten -- indeed, utterly senseless--idea that God is male is the casus belli of the War on Women -- what provides the putative justification for the subordination and mistreatment of women.

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Adrienne Rich Lives

Alicia Ostriker | Posted 04.18.2012

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Alicia Ostriker

It is the end of an era, and nobody will be able to replace Adrienne in the ongoing tasks of struggling for justice and love in the world, but she is alive because her inimitable words are, and because many of us trudge on in her wake.

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Diving Into the Wreck, Admitting Our Wrongs

Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley | Posted 04.13.2012

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Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley

The Fifth Step represents a kind of baptism for people on the journey of recovery. It brings to mind the story in the Gospel of Mark of the baptism of Jesus by John.

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Influential Writer Dies Of Complications From Rheumatoid Arthritis

The Huffington Post | Amanda L. Chan | Posted 04.30.2012

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Adrienne Rich, the influential feminist poet and writer, died Tuesday at age 82 from complications of rheumatoid arthritis, according to news reports....

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What's Your Favorite Adrienne Rich Poem?

Posted 03.29.2012

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Adrienne Rich, a beloved feminist poet and essayist known for her political themes, died yesterday. Her first poetry collection, "A Change of Worl...

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Adrienne Rich: Writing as Social Practice

Michael Roth | Posted 05.29.2012

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Michael Roth

The great American poet, Adrienne Rich, died this week at her home in Santa Cruz. She was a brave and ardent writer, a gifted teacher and a powerful voice of conscience. There is no one quite like her in American letters.

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Poet Adrienne Rich Dies At 82

AP | Posted 05.28.2012

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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Adrienne Rich, a fiercely gifted, award-winning poet whose socially conscious verse influenced a generation of feminist, ga...

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Casting My Lot

Hayden Bixby | Posted 05.22.2012

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Hayden Bixby

Not for the first time since I got involved with Cura Orphanage, I wonder whether critics like those who chastise and even mock IC's efforts would say similar things about my work, were it more bold, more public.

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Distant Celestial Fires

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

In line with end-of-the-world prophecies linked to Mayan calendars, there's sudden noise on the Internet that Betelgeuse will become a supernova in 2012. The segue is that this will first give us Tattooine-like sunsets, then singe earth and all upon it.

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Seeking Novels with Strong Single Characters, Matrimania Not Included

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bella DePaulo

I'm always looking for fiction that is not matrimaniacal.

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Shriver Report: Get Married, Have Kids, Then We'll Speak to Your Issues

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

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Bella DePaulo

I'll highlight some remarkable and conventional-wisdom-defying findings from the report that were published but never headlined.

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Chicago's Women & Children Inspires Three Decades of Writers and Readers

Gina Frangello | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gina Frangello

By the early 1990s, there were more than 100 feminist bookstores in the U.S. Now, after the explosion of chain bookstores and a changing political climate, there are a mere seven remaining.

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