From 1967 to 1969, Rich lectured at Swarthmore College and taught at Columbia University School of the Arts as an adjunct professor in the Writing Division. Additionally, in 1968, she began teaching in the SEEK program in City College of New York, a position she continued until 1975. During this time, Rich also received the Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize from Poetry Magazine. Rich and Conrad hosted anti-war and Black Panther fundraising parties at their apartment. Rising tensions began to split the marriage, and Rich moved out in mid-1970, getting herself a small studio apartment nearby.Michelle Dean, "The Wreck: Adrienne Rich's feminist awakening, glimpsed through her never-before-published letters.", The New Republic, April 3, 2016. Shortly afterward, in October, Conrad drove into the woods and shot himself, widowing Rich.
From 1967 to 1969, Rich lectured at Swarthmore College and taught at Columbia University School of the Arts as an adjunct professor in the Writing Division. Additionally, in 1968, she began teaching in the SEEK program in City College of New York, a position she continued until 1975. During this time, Rich also received the Eunice Tietjens Memorial Prize from Poetry Magazine. Rich and Conrad hosted anti-war and Black Panther fundraising parties at their apartment. Rising tensions began to split the marriage, and Rich moved out in mid-1970, getting herself a small studio apartment nearby.Michelle Dean, "The Wreck: Adrienne Rich's feminist awakening, glimpsed through her never-before-published letters.", The New Republic, April 3, 2016. Shortly afterward, in October, Conrad drove into the woods and shot himself, widowing Rich.