Gender, sexuality, language and the political responsibilities of private life are central to Adrienne Rich's poetry and essays. Diving into the Wreck uses the image of descent and exploration to examine identity, inherited stories and the need to reassess cultural myths. The Dream of a Common Language brings lesbian desire, feminism and the possibilities of new forms of relation into a sustained poetic sequence, while prose collections such as On Lies, Secrets, and Silence analyse institutions and everyday assumptions. Rich's language is intellectually alert, image-driven and increasingly political across her career. Her bibliography sits most naturally across feminist poetry, queer literature and literary essays. Diving into the Wreck is the clearest poetic starting point; On Lies, Secrets, and Silence opens the essayistic side of her work. Read more Less
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