So many writers have responded to the poems and person of Emily Dickinson that it seems extravagant, even self-indulgent, to add another word. Adrienne Rich, in her eloquent essay, “Vesuvius at Home: […]
Literary Foremothers: Emily Dickinson and Me
What She Said, April 6: Adrienne Rich
When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her. –Adrienne Rich
What She Said, July 25: Adrienne Rich
She died a famous woman denying
her wounds
denying
her wounds came from the same source as her power
―Adrienne Rich
(from the poem, “Power”)
The Gloria Sirens 