![]() ![]() ![]() Ranging across topics from sexual expression to thought-provoking examination of the cultures that refuse to recognise homosexual love, it’s a moving, ground-breaking work that challenges the status quo and writes a roadmap for a different kind of future. ![]() Intensely political yet devastatingly intimate, Rich’s words are a veritable manifesto for deep-rooted change.Ī landmark work of LBGT+ literature, The Dream of a Common Language was poet Adrienne Rich’s first published collection after she came out as a lesbian in 1976.ĭivided into three parts – Power, Twenty-One Love Poems and Not Somewhere Else, But Here – it explores the need for a shared understanding across barriers of gender and sexuality that recognises feminist ideals and women’s right to a voice. A seminal collection in the annals of LGBT+ literature, The Dream of a Common Langauge gave poetic voice to queer communities throughout the 1970s and continues to resonate on a deeply personal level to this day. The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977 by Adrienne Rich Paperback (Reissue) 15.95 Paperback 15.95 eBook 11. BY ADRIENNERICH (1978) The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 19741977 (1978) appeared early in Adrienne Rich's (19292012) long career and solidified her. ![]()
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