Dark Fields of the Republic

Name: Dark Fields of the Republic
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780393348064

by Unknown Author

96 pages1995Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.ISBN 9780393348064

Poetry (poetic works by one author)LGBTQ poetry Lambda Literary Awards Lambda Literary Award Winner Poetry

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"When does a life bend towards freed? grasp its direction" asks Adrienne Rich in Dark Fields of the Republic, her major new work. Her explorations go to the heart of democracy and love, and the historical and present endangerment of both. A theater of voices of men and women, the dead and the living, over time and across continents, the poems of Dark Fields of the Republic take conversations, imaginary and real, actions taken for better or worse, out of histories and songs to extend the poet's reach of witness and power of connection--and then invites the reader to participate.

Publication Details

Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
Published: 1995
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9780393348064

About Unknown Author

Adrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read and influential poets of the second half of the 20th century", and was credited with bringing "the oppression of women and lesbians to the forefront of poetic discourse." Her first collection of poetry, *A Change of World*, was selected by renowned poet W. H. Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. Auden went on to write the introduction to the published volume. She famously declined the National Medal of Arts, protesting the vote by House Speaker Newt Gingrich to end funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. **Source**:[Adrienne Rich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Rich) on Wikipedia.