In Of Woman Born , originally published in 1976, influential poet and feminist Adrienne Rich examines the patriarchic systems and political institutions that define motherhood.
With a stirring new foreword from National Book Critics Circle Award-winning writer Eula Biss, the book resounds with as much wisdom and insight today as when it was first written..
Gilbert, Paris Review ), Of Woman Born revolutionized how women thought about Motherhood and their own liberation.
A powerful blend of research, theory, and self-reflection (Sandra M.
Exploring her own experience--as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother--she finds the act of mothering to be both determined by and distinct from the Institution of Motherhood as it is imposed on all women everywhere.
In Of Woman Born , originally published in 1976, influential poet and feminist Adrienne Rich examines the patriarchic systems and political institutions that define motherhood
