TWA Poet: Adrienne Rich

1929 - 2012

It’s the birthday of American poet Adrienne Rich, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1929. She attended Radcliffe College, graduating in 1951, and was selected by W. H. Auden for the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize for A Change of World  that same year.

In the 60’s, she began writing in free verse with a focus on women’s roles in society, racism, and the…