num_pages: 90
description: "When does a life bend towards freed? grasp its direction" asks Adrienne Rich in Dark Fields of the Republic , her major new work. Her explorations go to the heart of democracy and love, and the historical and present endangerment of both. A theater of voices of men and women, the dead and the living, over time and across continents, the poems of Dark Fields of the Republic take conversations, imaginary and real, actions taken for better or worse, out of histories and songs to extend the poet's reach of witness and power of connection--and then invites the reader to participate.
language: English
title: Dark Fields of the Republic: Poems 1991-1995
titlecomplete: Dark Fields of the Republic: Poems 1991-1995
genres: American, Poetry, Queer, LGBT, Americana, Womens, Nonfiction, Feminism, 20th Century
ratings_count: 374
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Poetry
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company