Who This Author Is

Adrienne Rich has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 15 catalog-linked books across 1987 to 2018, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Of Woman Born: Motherhood As Experience and Institution and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1987 to 2018; the most common copies on this page tend to come from W W Norton & Co Inc and Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

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Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from W W Norton & Co Inc and Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1987 to 2018; the most common copies on this page tend to come from W W Norton & Co Inc and Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Of Woman Born: Motherhood As Experience and Institution

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1995 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995 • 322 pages.

  2. On Lies, Secrets, and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-1978

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1995 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1995 • 314 pages.

  3. Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose 1979 -1985 (Norton Paperback)

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994 • 238 pages.

  4. Midnight Salvage: Poems 1995-1998

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1999 • quick commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  5. Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1994 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994 • 70 pages.

  6. Collected Early Poems: 1950-1970

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1993 • longer commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 435 pages.

  7. The Dream of a Common Language: Poems, 1974-1977

    W W Norton & Co Inc • 1993 • quick commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1993 • 88 pages.

  8. Adrienne Rich

    Norton & Company Limited, W. W. • 2018 • longer commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2018 • 489 pages.

  9. Diving into the Wreck

    Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. • 2013 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2013 • 80 pages.

  10. Poetry and Commitment

    Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. • 2011 • quick commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2011 • 64 pages.

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