Riley�s �A �Sense of Drift�: Adrienne Rich�s Emergence from Mother to Poet� is a model of rigour and thoroughness with respect to Rich�s actual historical impact and provides an excellent summary of Rich�s poetic development while integrating Of Woman Born into her... Of Woman Born -- The conclusion of Motherhood In Of Woman Born, Adrienne Rich effectively weaves her own story into a persuasive account of what it intends to be a mother within the bonds of patriarchal tradition.
An honorable human relationship- that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word "love"- is a process, delicate, violent, often terrifying to both persons involved, a process of refining the truths they can tell each other.
Adrienne Rich is one of the quintessential feminist writers of our time. This discussion is to examine Rich's book Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution.
If you want one book that tells the whole story of patriarchy, feminism, and religion in a relatively short readable form, poet Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born is hard to beat.