New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994. — 256 p. — ISBN-10: 0393311627; ISBN-13: 978-0393311624.
That Adrienne Rich is a not only a major American poet but an incisive, compelling prose writer is made clear once again by this collection, in which she continues to explore the social and political context of her life and art.
Examining the connections between history and the imagination, ethics and action, she explores the possible meanings of being white, female, lesbian, Jewish, and a United States citizen, both at this particular time and through the lens of the past.
Foreword
What Does a Woman Need to Know? (1979)
The Problem of Lorraine Hansberry (1979)
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence (1980)
Disobedience and Women's Studies (1981)
Toward a More Feminist Criticism (1981)
Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity (1982)
The Eye of the Outsider: Elizabeth Bishop’s Complete Poems, 1927-1979 (1983)
Resisting Amnesia: History and Personal Life (1983)
“Going There" and Being Here (1983)
North American Tunnel Vision (1983)
Blood. Bread, and Poetry: The Location of the Poet (1984)
The Soul of a Women s College (1984)
Invisibility in Academe (1984)
If Not with Others, How? (1985)
Notes toward a Politics of Location (1984)