Adrienne Rich (1929-)

• Poet, essayist, critic, activist, teacher

• Biography information: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/rich/bio.htm

• National Book Award 1974
• Accepted prize in a statement with Audre Lourde and Alice Walker--for all women
• Feminist poetics based on the idea that feminist writing can provide historical and mythical accounts of women's lives whih will help to counter the violence of patriarchy
• "You must read and write as if your life depended on it"