Episode 33: Adrienne Rich, Power

This week, the poet and scholar Stephanie Burt joins us to discuss the extraordinary power of Adrienne Rich. We think through how the spacing and stanzas of a poem can draw out denials and divulgences, while also exploring the life and writing of Rich. Stephanie Burt's excellent book Don't Read Poetry ends with an examination of this poem by Adrienne Rich. The book, which can be found at the link, offers an introduction to reading poems and different ways of approaching them. For the text of the poem, see here. For more on Adrienne Rich, please see the Poetry Foundation. For more on Stephanie Burt, please see the Poetry Foundation. Photograph of Adrienne Rich by Robert Giard.