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What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics

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By Adrienne Rich — 2003

Through journals, letters, dreams, and close readings of the work of many poets, Adrienne Rich reflects on how poetry and politics enter and impinge on American life. This expanded edition includes a new preface by the author as well as her post–9/11 "Six Meditations in Place of a Lecture."

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