Diving into the Wreck Poems 1971-1972

Summary: "This is Adrienne Rich's seventh book of poems, and it is an extraordinary one. When I first heard the author read from it, I felt as though the top of my head was being attacked, sometimes with an ice pick, sometimes wtih a blunter instrument: a hatchet or a hammer. The predomimant emotions seemed to be anger and hatred, but when I read the poems later, they evoked a far subtler reaction. 'Diving into the Wreck' is ...one of those rare books that forces you to decide not just what you think about it, but what you think about yourself. It is a book that takes risks, and it forces the reader to take them also." [read more]