92nd Street Y (92Y) (Venue Partner)
1395 Lexington Ave
212.415.5500
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Adrienne Rich
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Monday Sep 21, 2009 (8pm)
- Where
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Directions: Corner of 92nd St and Lexington Ave
- Price
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$10 - 19
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“At 80, the formidable Adrienne Rich continues to break boundaries of form. Her poetry has been the voice of many generations and tonight, she graces the stage of 92 Street Y to further enlighten us. Rich explores sexual politics, race, peace, and the human condition with a passionate and insightful perspective. Her work came of age during the height of the women's movement and it continues to challenge all forms of domination. Outside of her writing she also agitates for gay rights and progressive Jewish causes. An activist, a poet, an icon of two consecutive centuries; when Adrienne Rich speaks, we listen.”
Robyn Hillman-Harrigan, Flavorpill
Adrienne Rich first appeared at the Poetry Center in 1958. Now 80, she returns to open the Center's 71st-anniversary season. Her poems, "volume after volume, have been the makings of one of the authentic, unpredictable, urgent, essential voices of our time," wrote W.S. Merwin. "All of her life she has been in love with the hope of telling the utter truth." Her most recent book is A Human Eye: Essays on Art in Society.
