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Adrienne Rich

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Adrienne Cecile Rich was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse."


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Quote Left We see daily that our lives are terrible and little, without continuity, buyable and salable at any moment, mere blips on a screen, that this ... Quote Right
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Quote Left The massive weight of Uncle's wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand. Quote Right
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Quote Left The dialectic between change and continuity is a painful but deeply instructive one, in personal life as in the life of a people. To "see the ... Quote Right
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Quote Left Only to have a grief equal to all these tears! Quote Right
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Quote Left My children cause me the most exquisite suffering of which I have any experience. It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness. Sometimes I seem to myself, in my feelings toward these tiny guiltless beings, a monster of selfishness and intolerance. Quote Right
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