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Checked out
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Publication
New York : Norton, 1994, c1973.
Description
"I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the damage that was done / and the treasures that prevail." These provocative poems move with the power of Rich's distinctive voice.
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LibraryThing member evie_eris
Easily my favorite single poetry volume
LibraryThing member jarvenpa
When I was a young thing, I would save my pennies to buy everything Adrienne published. This is the pivotal book of poetry, the turning point from the earlier (and beautiful) formal poems into the rough territory of heart and world through which the later books move. Stellar.
LibraryThing member wildrequiem
Read for national poetry day-
first time reading adrienne rich; she's a brilliant fucking woman. it's so nice to be reminded that there's a whole world of feminist poetry out there that doesn't exist in self-serving, nihilistic tumblr form (and adrienne herself has said that one of poetry's
favourites so far: "diving into the wreck" gender roles? (the thing I came for / the wreck and not the story of the wreck / the thing itself and not the myth), "song" because of its relevance - loneliness as independence and freedom (you're wondering if I'm lonely / OK then, yes, I'm lonely . . . / if I'm lonely / it must be the loneliness / of waking first, of breathing), "from the prison house" for its statement on ignorance (This eye / is not for weeping / its vision / must be unblurred / though tears are on my face / its intent is clarity / it must forget / nothing)
first time reading adrienne rich; she's a brilliant fucking woman. it's so nice to be reminded that there's a whole world of feminist poetry out there that doesn't exist in self-serving, nihilistic tumblr form (and adrienne herself has said that one of poetry's
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obligations is to not be lazy like that lol). gonna have to re-read this in bits because there are all these layers. favourites so far: "diving into the wreck" gender roles? (the thing I came for / the wreck and not the story of the wreck / the thing itself and not the myth), "song" because of its relevance - loneliness as independence and freedom (you're wondering if I'm lonely / OK then, yes, I'm lonely . . . / if I'm lonely / it must be the loneliness / of waking first, of breathing), "from the prison house" for its statement on ignorance (This eye / is not for weeping / its vision / must be unblurred / though tears are on my face / its intent is clarity / it must forget / nothing)
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LibraryThing member whitewavedarling
Rich is one of those poets whose works I never tire of. Whether read quickly or drifted through, the poems resonate with her skill and with worthwhile meaning. Maybe even more than in her other collections, the poems in Diving into the Wreck allow for both fast surface-level reads that are
All told, this is a wonderful collection, and one I'd absolutely recommend to any poetry reader.
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themselves enjoyable, but welcome readers who'll be willing to live with them and re-read them. There's such depth to each of them, and such care with language, that they bear up under each further moment a reader spends with them. And yet, young readers and casual readers will still find them worth their time.All told, this is a wonderful collection, and one I'd absolutely recommend to any poetry reader.
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Awards
National Book Award (Finalist — Poetry — 1974)
Language
Physical description
62 p.; 21 cm
ISBN
9780393311631
Local notes
poetry