Books : The Dream of a Common Language: Poems, 1974-1977
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by: Adrienne Cecile Rich
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780393310337
ISBN: 0393310337
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: 1993-04
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 462709
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Rating: - changed my life
this book changed my life. it's so inspiring to see a feminist poet as rich DO what she does. it's sincere, it's powerful, it's not plath, it's personal, it calls every woman's name to feel something, to identify, and to wonder what her place is in the world. The 2nd section within the book, 21 love poems is the most romantic thing I've ever read, by far.
Rating: - Emotional Catharsis through Poetry
I sat in a cushy green chair at Barnes and Noble reading these poems by Adrienne Rich and something unexplainable - almost impossible to put words to - happened to me.
I connected deeply to her messages, the words she wrote when I was a teen, might as well have been written right in the here and now. A lone tear slid down my face as I read about a woman in her 40's, like me, who was dying, not like me, who had a friend, like me, who wasn't sure how to support her in her time of need, ... Read More
Rating: - Somebody is trying to talk to you
Years ago I was trying to keep warm at an MBTA bus stop where I read the opening lines of "The Dream of a Common Language" on a poster that advertised a reading and discussion by the author at Brandeis. I was moved to tears. I didn't get to Brandeis, but I bought and still cherish the book.
Rating: - Lovely
I had not read this poet's work. I bought this particular collection because it was highly recommended in the books by artist/author/poet Tee Corinne in `Courting Pleasure', `The Body of Love' and `Dreams of the Woman Who loved Sex' - she particularly noted `The Floating Poem, Unnumbered' from the selection "Twenty-One Love Poems".
I figured it was a not to be missed book and so it is.
The only thing missing from this slender volume, that I find is often illuminating, is ... Read More
Rating: - Read this if you don't like poetry.
Adrienne Rich is a poet for everyone - especially those who say they don't like poetry - and the Dream of a Common Language is her most fascinating and accessible collection to date. Think poetry is boring, pretentious or hackneyed? Open up to "Love Poems" and find 32 sultry and pain-stakingly honest celebrations of lesbian love and urban survival. Rich has recently been receiving the wide recognition she deserves, and she will perhaps be the one to convince Americans to open their poetry ... Read More
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