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Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations

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Publisher Comments:

"I am a poet who knows the social power of poetry, a United States citizen who knows herself irrevocably tangled in her society's hopes, arrogance, and despair," Adrienne Rich writes.

The essays in Arts of the Possible search for possibilities beyond a compromised, degraded system, seeking to imagine something else. They call on the fluidity of the imagination, from poetic vision to social justice, from the badlands of political demoralization to an art that might wound, that may open scars when engaged in its work, but will finally suture and not tear apart.

This volume collects Rich's essays from the last decade of the twentieth century, including four earlier essays, as well as several conversations that go further than the usual interview. Also included is her essay explaining her reasons for declining the National Medal for the Arts.

Book News Annotation:

A series of essays by and conversations with contemporary American poet Adrienne Rich serve to illuminate her thinking. Selections from her earlier work include "Women and Honor" and "Notes Toward a Politics of Location." The balance of the text is drawn from the 1990s, including Rich's commentaries on poetry and the public sphere, poet Muriel Rukeyser, and art and the humanities. Also included is an essay explaining Rich's reasons for declining the National Medal for the Arts.
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Synopsis:

"Adrienne Rich's new prose collection could have been titled The Essential Rich."'"Women's Review of Books

Synopsis:

These essays trace a distinguished writer's engagement with her time, her arguments with herself and others.
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About the Author

Adrienne Rich's honors include the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. She lives in California.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393050455
Subtitle:
Essays and Conversations
Author:
Rich, Adrienne Cecile
Author:
Rich, Adrienne Cecile
Author:
Rich, Adrienne
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
American
Subject:
American - General
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Poets, American
Subject:
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Subject:
Essays
Copyright:
2001
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
no. PR03
Publication Date:
20010417
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Dimensions:
8.6 x 5.9 x 1 in 0.85 lb
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