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A review by mlindner
Adrienne Rich: Later Poems: Selected and New: 1971-2012 by Adrienne Rich
3.0
[Actually finished the last 7% or so on 1 January 2013 but claiming I did on Dec 31st for easier bookkeeping elsewhere.]
It was alright. But BIG. I liked more from the first half of the book--and a big thank you to the editor for putting it in chronological order--seeing as my last note was made from page 252.
I rarely knew what she was on about although I could get glimpses in places. In actuality, this book has convinced me that I need to step away from poetry, for a while anyway. It is nothing about this book or Adrienne Rich, in particular, but more the straw that broke the camel's back. For all the reading of poetry I have been doing for a couple of years, and including the couple classes I took at Briar Cliff, I still have no idea what is supposed to make a poem 'good' or otherwise. All I have to go on is whether I like something or whether it resonates with me in some more profound way. And there HAS to be something more than that.
It was alright. But BIG. I liked more from the first half of the book--and a big thank you to the editor for putting it in chronological order--seeing as my last note was made from page 252.
I rarely knew what she was on about although I could get glimpses in places. In actuality, this book has convinced me that I need to step away from poetry, for a while anyway. It is nothing about this book or Adrienne Rich, in particular, but more the straw that broke the camel's back. For all the reading of poetry I have been doing for a couple of years, and including the couple classes I took at Briar Cliff, I still have no idea what is supposed to make a poem 'good' or otherwise. All I have to go on is whether I like something or whether it resonates with me in some more profound way. And there HAS to be something more than that.