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Oh, such hard news. She was wonderful, and her work a huge inspiration for my book.<div><img src="http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr04/ltr/emo/ids_emoticon_rose.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="Red rose" title="Red rose" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; vertical-align: text-bottom; ">,</div><div>bb<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div>> From: robin.russin@ucr.edu<br>> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:26:35 -0700<br>> To: cwgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu<br>> Subject: [CW-Grad] Adrienne Rich has passed away<br>> <br>> Sad news, she was a powerful voice. From the LA Times:<br>> <br>> "Selected for the National Medal for the Arts in 1997, the highest award given to artists, Rich refused it.<br>> <br>> “The radical disparities of wealth and power in America are widening at a devastating rate,” she wrote in a letter addressed to then-President Clinton. “A president cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored.”"<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Robin Russin<br>> <br>> Associate Professor and Director<br>> MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts<br>> Department of Theatre<br>> University of California, Riverside<br>> Riverside, CA 92521<br>> (951) 827-2707<br>> (213) 949-1061 cel<br>> robin.russin@ucr.edu<br>> http://robinrussin.com<br>> <br>> "I try all things; I achieve what I can." - Ishmael in "Moby Dick," written by Herman Melville<br>> <br>> "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." - William Munny in "Unforgiven," written by David Webb Peoples<br>> <br>> "Hunger is the best spice." - Spike Spiegel in "Cowboy Bebop," written by Keiko Nobumoto<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> CWgrad-announcements mailing list<br>> CWgrad-announcements@lists.ucr.edu<br>> http://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/cwgrad-announcements<br></div></div> </div></body>
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