Adrienne Rich
Born: 05-15-1929
Adrienne Rich was a pioneering American poet, essayist, and feminist, whose work spanned over seven decades. Born in 1929, her writing passionately explored themes of identity, politics, and social justice, becoming a voice for the women's liberation movement. Rich's influential collections, including "Diving into the Wreck," earned her numerous accolades, including the National Book Award. Her profound impact on feminist literature continues to resonate globally.
Book summaries for books written by Adrienne Rich
Quotes
The thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can live and die.
I came to explore the wreck. The words are purposes. The words are maps.
The wreck and not the story of the wreck. The thing itself and not the myth.
I am she: I am he. Whose drowned face sleeps with open eyes.
I came to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail.
The sea is another story. The sea is not a question of power. I have to learn alone to turn my body without force in the deep element.
We are the half-destroyed instruments that once held to a course. We are the half-destroyed instruments that once held to a course.
I love to see the wreckage of old ships, it tells me things.
The words are purposes. The words are maps. I came to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail.
We are the half-destroyed instruments that once held to a course.
The thing I came for: the wreck and not the story of the wreck. The thing itself and not the myth.
We are, I am, you are by cowardice or courage the one who find our way back to this scene carrying a knife, a camera a book of myths in which our names do not appear.