America's enduring poet of conscience reflects on the proven and potential role of poetry in contemporary politics and life.
Rich Adrienne Books
This author explores the depths of human experience through poetry and essays, focusing on themes such as feminism, motherhood, and female identity. Her style evolved from an early elegance to a bolder formal and thematic experimentation. Her works are considered a significant contribution to feminist literature and an examination of complex social and personal issues.






On Lies, Secrets, and Silence
- 314 pages
- 11 hours of reading
In this collection of prose writings, one of America's foremost poets and feminist theorists reflects upon themes that have shaped her life and work.
Essential Essays
- 352 pages
- 13 hours of reading
A career-spanning selection of the lucid, courageous and boldly political prose of National Book Award winner Adrienne Rich.
Of Woman Born
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
The groundbreaking investigation into motherhood and womanhood from an influential and enduring feminist voice, now for a new generation.
A reissue of the classic Adrienne Rich selection, revised and expanded to cover the entirety of her career, with a new Introduction.
Diving into the Wreck
- 80 pages
- 3 hours of reading
In her seventh volume of poetry, Adrienne Rich searches to reclaim-to discover-what has been forgotten, lost, or unexplored.
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In this, her thirteenth book of verse, the author of "The Dream of a Common Language" and "Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law" writes of war, oppression, the future, death, mystery, love and the magic of poetry.
Peach State
- 75 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Poems explore Atlanta's transformation from the mid-twentieth century to today through food and cooking.
A Human Eye
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Adrienne Rich is the Blake of American letters.-Nadine Gordimer
A Change of World
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
This reissue of Adrienne Rich's first poetry collection reaffirms the author's place as one of our most important American poets.