Title: Dark fields of the Republic
First published: 1995
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.
Subjects: Poetry (poetic works by one author), LGBTQ poetry, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner, Poetry
LC classification: PS3535.I233 D37 1995