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Rich, Adrienne Cecile.
Poetry & commitment : an essay / Adrienne Rich; with an afterword by Mark Doty.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-0-393-07972-2
1. Poetics. 2. Poetry—Authorship. I. Title. II. Title:
Poetry and commitment.
PS3535.I233P64 2007
808'.1—dc22

2007002387

ISBN 978-0-393-07972-2 (e-book)

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