Selected Poems

Author of more than thirty books, Adrienne Rich was the singular voice of her generation, bringing discussions of gender, race and class to the forefront of poetical discourse. Selected Poems offers a full and representative selection of poems from the whole of Richs long and distinguished career. The volume encompasses her best-known workthe clear-sighted and passionate feminist poems of the 1970s, including Diving into the Wreck, Planetarium, and The Phenomenology of Angerand offers the full range of her evolution as a poet. From poems leading up to her feminist breakthrough through bold later work such as North American Time and Calle Visin, Selected Poems expresses the vital dialogue between Richs personal experiences and political views. As the editors explain in their introduction, Selected Poems presents the complete picture of Richs powerful and deeply moving poetry, as well as the evolution in poetic forms that trace her radical vision.