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caelinsullivan's review
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny
Minor: Racism and Suicide
emmabc's review
5.0
Beautiful beautiful beautiful. So many poems that I will read over and over (and already have).
maryehavens's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked "Diving into the Wreck" and the second section of poetry. The first and third sections were way more visceral - think menstrual blood kind of visceral. Not a bad thing, just not my preference.
I can see Rich's influence in modern feminist poetry (recent reads for me include Cisneros and Erika Sanchez) so it's worth it to read her work for that reason alone. These poems were written in 1971/1972 and Rich had been around for a while before then.
I read this to fulfill a Reading Challenge category and I would happily read the critical edition of Rich's works (including prose) at my library. I read "Of Woman Born" in March/April so I'm definitely a Rich fan. I think I might be a fan of her essays more than her poetry although I really love "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers".
There's plenty of Rich to go around and I'm grateful for that.
I can see Rich's influence in modern feminist poetry (recent reads for me include Cisneros and Erika Sanchez) so it's worth it to read her work for that reason alone. These poems were written in 1971/1972 and Rich had been around for a while before then.
I read this to fulfill a Reading Challenge category and I would happily read the critical edition of Rich's works (including prose) at my library. I read "Of Woman Born" in March/April so I'm definitely a Rich fan. I think I might be a fan of her essays more than her poetry although I really love "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers".
There's plenty of Rich to go around and I'm grateful for that.
katnissevergreen's review against another edition
5.0
"the thing I came for: the wreck and not the story of the wreck the thing itself and not the myth"
"It sees the violence embedded in silence"
"It sees the violence embedded in silence"
cwalsh's review against another edition
5.0
“even you, fellow-creature, sister
sitting across from me, dark with love,
working like me to pick apart
working with me to remake
this trailing knitted thing, this cloth of darkness
this woman's garment, trying to save the skein”
sitting across from me, dark with love,
working like me to pick apart
working with me to remake
this trailing knitted thing, this cloth of darkness
this woman's garment, trying to save the skein”
rissryann's review against another edition
5.0
Rich is forever incredible. The way she makes me feel with every word is just something else.
“The only real love I have ever felt was for children and other women.
Everything else was lust, pity, self-hatred, pity, lust."
This is a woman's confession.
Now, look again at the face of Botticelli's Venus, Kali, the Judith of Chartres with her so-called smile.
“The only real love I have ever felt was for children and other women.
Everything else was lust, pity, self-hatred, pity, lust."
This is a woman's confession.
Now, look again at the face of Botticelli's Venus, Kali, the Judith of Chartres with her so-called smile.