num_pages: 352
description: A New York Times Critics PickA career-spanning selection of the lucid courageous and boldly political prose of National Book Award winner Adrienne Rich. Demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice and her prophetic vision Essential Essays showcases Adrienne Richs singular ability to unite the political personal and poetical. The essays selected here by feminist scholar Sandra M. Gilbert range from the 1960s to 2006 emphasizing Richs lifelong intellectual engagement and fearless prose exploration of feminism social justice poetry race homosexuality and identity.
language: English
title: Essential Essays: Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company