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The Dream Of a Common Language

The Dream Of a Common Language

Poems 1974 To 1977

Adrienne Rich

"Certain lines had become like incantations to me, words I'd chanted to myself through sorrow and confusion" —Cheryl Strayed, Wild "The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman's heart and mind in language for everybody—language whose plainness, laughter, questions and nobility everyone can respond to. . . . No one is writing better or more needed verse than ...

Publisher:
Penguin
Year of publication:
2013
Subject:
Poetry
ISBN:
978-0-393-34600-8
Pages:
96
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"Certain lines had become like incantations to me, words I'd chanted to myself through sorrow and confusion" —Cheryl Strayed, Wild "The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman's heart and mind in language for everybody—language whose plainness, laughter, questions and nobility everyone can respond to. . . . No one is writing better or more needed verse than this."—Boston Evening Globe

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