Departure Pamphlets I: Six Women Poets

(Oxford: Departure), [circa 1951].

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Softcover. First edition. Stapled wrappers. [8]pp. Fine. Very uncommon little pamphlet featuring six women poets, issued at Merton College. Includes a contribution from Adrienne Rich, published the same year as her first regular book. In addition to Rich, the authors represented are Elizabeth Jennings, Lotte Zurndorfer, Jenny Joseph, Gillian Craig, and Marion Smith.

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Item #105556 Departure Pamphlets I: Six Women Poets. Adrienne Cecile RICH.

Adrienne Rich
birth name: Adrienne Cecile Rich
born: 05/16/1929
died: 03/27/2012

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American poet, scholar, teacher, and critic whose many volumes of poetry trace a stylistic transformation from formal, well-crafted but imitative poetry to a more personal and powerful style. - MWELmore