A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“A comprehensive biography of . . . one of the most acclaimed poets of her generation and a face of American feminism.”—New York Times
A major American writer, thinker, and activist, Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) transformed herself from a traditional, Radcliffe-educated lyric poet and married mother of three sons into a path-breaking lesbian-feminist author of forceful, uncompromising prose as well as poetry. In doing so, she emerged as an architect and exemplar of the feminist movement, breaking ranks to denounce the male-dominated literary establishment and paving the way for women writers to take their places in the cultural mainstream. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished materials, including Rich’s correspondence and in-depth interviews with many people who knew her, Hilary Holladay provides a vividly detailed, full-dimensional portrait of a woman whose work and life continue to challenge and inspire new generations.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- More Praise for The Power of Adrienne Rich
- Also by Hilary Holladay
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Baby Genius
- Chapter 2: The Patriarch and the Woman in the Black Dress
- Chapter 3: Kingdom of the Mind
- Chapter 4: The Girl Who Wrote Poems
- Chapter 5: The Making of Adrienne Rich
- Chapter 6: Toute la Gloire
- Chapter 7: Cleopatra of Oxford
- Chapter 8: The Unborn Self
- Chapter 9: Bursting with Benzedrine and Emancipation
- Chapter 10: Pessimistic Optimist
- Chapter 11: Like This Together
- Chapter 12: What the Autumn Knew Would Happen
- Chapter 13: Brilliant, Mad, Human, and Irreplaceable
- Chapter 14: A Woman of the 1970s
- Chapter 15: The Book of Myths
- Chapter 16: In the Name of All Women
- Chapter 17: I Know My Power
- Chapter 18: Hyacinths Rising Like Flames
- Chapter 19: My True University
- Chapter 20: Anger and Tenderness
- Chapter 21: Words That Blew Our Lives Apart
- Chapter 22: Citizen Poet
- Chapter 23: I Am My Art
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
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