Poetry
Coal
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Of Coal, the poet and critic Hayden Carruth said, "For us these words indeed are jewels in the open light."
Mother Love: Poems
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Calling upon the ancient Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone, Mother Love examines the love between mother and daughter, two tumblers locked in an eternal somersault: each mother a daughter, each daughter a potential mother.
Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979-1985
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That Adrienne Rich is a not only a major American poet but an incisive, compelling prose writer is made clear once again by this collection, in which she continues to explore the social and political context of her life and art.
Selected Poems 1965-1990
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Here is a rich collection of work from five books by one of America's most controversial poets. Marilyn Hacker's poems have been praised for their technical virtuosity, forthright feminism, political acuity, and unabashed eroticism.