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Rich’s voice remains a vital contribution to contemporary literature and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"of-woman-born-by-adrienne-rich-9780393541427","title":"Of Woman Born","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOf Woman Born\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1976, influential poet and feminist Adrienne Rich examines the patriarchic systems and political institutions that define motherhood. Exploring her own experience—as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother—she finds the act of mothering to be both determined by and distinct from the institution of motherhood as it is imposed on all women everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA “powerful blend of research, theory, and self-reflection” (Sandra M. Gilbert, \u003cem\u003eParis Review\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eOf Woman Born\u003c\/em\u003e revolutionised how women thought about motherhood and their own liberation. 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