"Unlike most American writers, Rich believed art and politics not only could co-exist, but must co-exist"
But when then-President Clinton awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1997, Rich refused to accept it, citing the administration's "cynical politics."
"The radical disparities of wealth and power in America are widening at a devastating rate," she wrote to the administration. "A president cannot meaningfully honor certain token artists while the people at large are so dishonored."
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/adrienne-rich-feminist-poet-essayist-dead-82-rich-influenced-a-generation-women-writers-article-1.1052693#ixzz1qY009Ooa
We will miss you Adrienne.
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