Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Adrienne Rich
Born: May 16, 1929
Died: March 27, 2012 (aged 82)
Bio: Adrienne Cecile Rich was an American poet, essayist and feminist.
Known for:
- Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972 (1973)
- A change of world (1951)
- The Dream of a Common Language (1978)
- An Atlas of the Difficult World (1991)
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