Adrienne Rich
The School Among the Ruins
Poems 2000?2004
"Trust Rich, a clarion poet of conscience,
to get the fractured timbre of
the times just right."
—Booklist, starred review
IN THE SCHOOL AMONG THE RUINS, one of our
country's most distinguished poets, Adrienne Rich,
confronts dislocations and upheavals at the beginning
of the twenty-first century. Throughout these fierce
and musical poems, Rich traces the imprint of public
crisis upon individual experience: personal lives bent
by collective realities, language itself held to account.
"[The School Among the Ruins] makes acute observations
about language, American identity, and the
catastrophes of war. Whether lamenting the garishness
of modern culture or condemning the war on
terror, Rich remains a poet of impeccable principle
and unwavering conscience."—San Francisco Weekly
"One of a handful of major American poets
whose every new work is a cause for excitement . . .
stunning."—Library Journal
"This kind of writing is hard work, . . . but we are
fortunate to have Rich in the trenches."—Sarah
Goodyear, Time Out New York
ADRIENNE RICH is the recipient of numerous
honors, including the National Book
Award and the 2003 Bollingen Prize for
Poetry. She lives in northern California.
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