Her 1951 poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” traces the beginning of her feelings of discontent with her role as wife, mother, and cook. In 1953, she married Alfred Haskel Conrad, a Harvard economist with whom she had three children by the time she was thirty. Early on, her work received high praise from the poet W. Born in Baltimore in 1929, Rich wrote over thirty volumes of poetry and prose over a sixty-year period and inspired generations of feminist writers. Her primary subjects focused on radical ideas about political freedom and social justice. She spoke of desire, community politics, and, above all, of love. ADRIENNE RICH wrote the poetry and essays that inspired me in my writing.
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