Adrienne Rich

Acclaimed local poet and scholar Adrienne Rich will read from her new book, A Human Eye, a collection of essays focusing on the complex relationship between art and social justice. For more than three decades, Rich’s writing has been praised for its lucidity, courage, and range of concerns. In A Human ... (more)Eye, she examines a diverse selection of writings and their place in past and present social disorders and transformations. Examining a range of subjects, from an anthology of Iraqi poetry to writing and poetry on gay politics, Rich pushes us toward examining art as social dialogue, while simultaneously reflecting the awe and beauty that is ever present in the written word.