[CW-Grad] Adrienne Rich has passed away

[Alba Cruz-Hacker]

Oh, this is terrible! Her work/words changed my life. And she was also a
huge inspiration for my book. So sad to hear this.

Alba

 

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Oh, such hard news.  She was wonderful, and her work a huge inspiration for
my book.

 Red rose
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> From: robin.russin at ucr.edu
> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:26:35 -0700
> To: cwgrad-announcements at lists.ucr.edu
> Subject: [CW-Grad] Adrienne Rich has passed away
> 
> Sad news, she was a powerful voice. From the LA Times:
> 
> "Selected for the National Medal for the Arts in 1997, the highest award
given to artists, Rich refused it.
> 
> "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.""
> 
> 
> 
> Robin Russin
> 
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> MFA for Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts
> Department of Theatre
> University of California, Riverside
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> 
> "I try all things; I achieve what I can." - Ishmael in "Moby Dick,"
written by Herman Melville
> 
> "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it." - William Munny in "Unforgiven,"
written by David Webb Peoples
> 
> "Hunger is the best spice." - Spike Spiegel in "Cowboy Bebop," written by
Keiko Nobumoto
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