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Quotation by Adrienne Rich
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"After a Sentence in 'Malte Laurids Brigge'" Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (1963)As quoted in Moving Beyond Words by Gloria Steinem (1994)as quoted in Ms. magazine (September 1979)Aunt Jennifer's TigersBlood, Bread and Poetry (1986)Related Subjects
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The argument ad feminam, all the old knives
that have rusted in my back, I drive in yours,
ma semblable, ma soeur!
that have rusted in my back, I drive in yours,
ma semblable, ma soeur!
Adrienne Rich (b. 1929), U.S. poet. Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law (l. 37–39). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allison and others, eds. (3d ed., 1983) W. W. Norton & Company.
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