Adrienne Rich

Faculty SJSU (1984 - 1986)

Poet 

Biography

• Taught at SJSU from 1984 - 1986
• Also taught at Brandeis, Rutgers, Cornell, and Stanford
• Born May 16, 1929 in Baltimore, MD; died March 27, 2012 in Santa Cruz, CA
• Graduated from Radcliffe College, 1951
• Died March 27, 2012
  • Obituary - Associated Press, Mercury News, Poetry Foundation, Washington Post
• Bio from Poets.org

Selected Poems

• Published works - see list from Amazon.com

• For This

• Power

• Miracle Ice Cream

• A Validiction Forbidding Mourning

• I Dream I'm the Death of Orpheus

Additional Links

• Best Poems Encyclopedia

• Modern American Poetry

• Poetry Foundation

Questions or comments? Please contact annette.nellen@sjsu.edu