June 1, 2012
The following appeared in MR in June 2001. � Recently I collected a number of my prose writings for a forthcoming volume. Rereading them, it struck me that for some… READ MORE
April 1, 2010
Some nights I think you want too much. From me. I didn’t ask � to parse again your idioms of littered � parking lots your chain-linked crane-hung sites � limp… READ MORE
November 1, 2009
There’s the poverty of the cockroach kingdom and the rusted toilet bowl�The poverty of to steal food for the first time�The poverty of to mouth a penis for a paycheck�The… READ MORE
May 1, 2008
Caustic implacable poem unto and contra: � I do not soothe your minor� injuries I do not� offer I require� close history� of the case apprentice-� ship in past and… READ MORE
September 1, 2007
You don’t want a harsh outcry here�not to violate the beauty yet�dawn unveiling ochre village�but to show coercion�within that beauty, endurance required�Begin with girl�pulling hand over hand on chain�only sound… READ MORE
November 1, 2004
Tonight as cargoes of my young�fellow countrymen and women are being hauled�into positions aimed at death, positions�they who did not will it suddenly�have to assume�I am thinking of Ed Azevedo�half-awake… READ MORE
June 1, 2001
ADRIENNE RICH is the author of more than sixteen volumes of poetry and four nonfiction prose books. She is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship… READ MORE
