A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far: Poems 1978-1981
- ISBN-10
- 0393348156
- ISBN-13
- 9780393348156
- Category
- Poetry
- Pages
- 72
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993-07-17
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Adrienne Rich
Description
“We are in the presence here of a major American poet whose voice at mid-century in her own life is increasingly marked by moral passion.”—New York Times Book Review
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