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Later Poems: Selected and New

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Later Poems: Selected and New gathers a compelling selection of Adrienne Rich's poetry from twelve volumes, including the National Book Award winner Diving into the Wreck and her final work Tonight No Poetry Will Serve. Alongside these are ten powerful new poems, offering a profound reflection on a monumental literary career that shaped American poetry in the late twentieth century.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary poetry, feminist literature, and significant voices in 20th-century American arts and culture.

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The final volume of poems assembled by America's most powerful and distinctive voice.

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Later Poems: Selected and New brings together a remarkable body of work by the celebrated poet. Included are Adrienne Rich's own selections from twelve volumes of published works, including the National Book Award–winning Diving into the Wreck, An Atlas of the Difficult World, and her final volume, Tonight No Poetry Will Serve, along with ten powerful new poems, previously uncollected.

This collection testifies to a monumental career that distinguished American literature in the late twentieth century, and will continue to inspire readers for years to come.

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Stephen Burt of the San Francisco Chronicle praises Rich's poems for their "defiance, fierce commitment, introspection and self-reproach," highlighting her ability to capture contradictions with clarity and depth, ensuring the work resonates beyond personal experience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393351835

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 November 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 157.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 598g

Pages: 544

About the Author

Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and major public intellectual of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She wrote two dozen volumes of poetry, including the National Book Award–winning Diving into the Wreck, and more than a half-dozen of prose.

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