Adrienne Rich (born 1929), perhaps more than any other contemporary poet, crystallized in her work and life the deeply complex, awakening consciousness of modern women. The daughter of Arnold Rich, a professor of medicine, and Helen, a trained composer a...

Adrienne Rich is one of the foremost poets and feminists of modern times. Her work spans more than forty years of her adult life, beginning in 1951 when she won the Yale Series of Younger Poets prize for A Change of World (1951). Ever since, Rich's work,...

Adrienne Rich has made significant contributions as a critic, a scholar, and a teacher; but she speaks most importantly as a poet. Her work sustains her belief that "Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language which is the power of our u...

Virginia Democrats have not done well recently in elections for the General Assembly. But that hasn't stopped them from trying to oust even the most well-entrenched Republicans from the chamber. Case in point: Fairfax Del. John H. Rust Jr. Rust is target...

You don't have to use your boat in salt water on a regular basis to suffer the heartbreak of rust and corrosion; even freshwater boaters have to deal with oxidation woes. Yet like many boating tasks, when dealing with rust, an ounce of...