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“The [Vietnam War Memorial] Wall became a magnet for citizens of every generation, class, race, and relationship to the war perhaps because it is the only great public monument that allows the anesthetized holes in the heart to fill with a truly national grief.”

Quote by Adrienne Rich

Book:What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

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What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

This book is an expanded edition of notebooks that delve into the intricate relationship between poetry and politics. The author's insights and musings on these topics are presented, offering readers a glimpse into the creative and political processes that shape both fields. more

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Adrienne Rich was an American poet known for her profound poetry and feminist perspective. Her works explored themes such as gender, politics, and social justice, having a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

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“Any woman's death diminishes me.”

Author:Adrienne Rich

“Writers matter in a society to the extent that we can help that society hear its unvoiced longing, encounter its erased and disregarded selves, break with complacency, numbness, despair.”

Self Matter Helping Break Despair Longing Encounters Complacency Numbness Disregarded

Author:Adrienne Rich

“In America we have only the present tense. I am in danger. You are in danger.”

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Book:Poemas, 1963-2000

Source: Poemas, 1963-2000

“I am a woman in the prime of my life, with certain powers and those powers severely limited by authorities whose faces I rarely see.”

Faces Certain Authority Prime

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“Marriage is lonelier than solitude.”

Book:Later Poems: Selected and New: 1971-2012: 1971–2012

Source: Later Poems: Selected and New: 1971-2012: 1971–2012

“... people are growing up in the slack flicker of a pale light which lacks the concentrated burn of a candle flame or oil wick or the bulb of a gooseneck desk lamp: a pale, wavering, oblong shimmer, emitting incessant noise, which is to real knowledge or discourse what the manic or weepy protestations of a drunk are to responsible speech. Drunks do have a way of holding an audience, though, and so does the shimmery ill-focused oblong screen.”

“As a society in turmoil, we are going to see more, and more various, attempts to simulate order through repression; and art is a historical target for such efforts.”

Art Order Effort Art Is Historical Various Target Repression Turmoil Simulate

Book:What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

Source: What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

“Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men.”

Men Made Careers Study Huge Gains Access Planning Wages Pills Family Planning

Author:Jennifer Granholm

“To compete in a global economy, our students must continue their education beyond high school. To make this expectation a reality, we must give students the tools they need to succeed, including the opportunity to take a college entrance exam.”

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“The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.”

War Possibility Direct Increase Instruments Proportion Effectiveness

Book:Present Tense; an American Editor's Odyssey

Source: Present Tense; an American Editor's Odyssey