Poets as the legislators of the women’s movement

In a nutshell: Great essay about lesbian poets and feminism in the latter part of the last century. I’m a bit confused as to what this is a review of, if anything; but in any case, it is nevertheless an inspiring and very informative piece.

Los Angeles Review of Books – Sister Arts: On Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, and Others by by Lisa L. Moore“Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”- Percy Bysshe Shelley, A Defence of Poetry, 1821 LAST MARCH, WHEN ADRIENNE RICH DIED, tributes poured out across every platform and medium. I sorrowed with the poets, shared the gratitude of the feminists, and felt, with the lesbians, the loss of someone I’d never met who nonetheless felt like family.

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