Adrienne Rich

Phenomenology of Anger

1973 · Stanford Program for Recordings in Sound CFS-3311 · Baltimore, Maryland

Phenomenology of Anger – Adrienne Rich (Picture sleeve (front))

Artist
Adrienne Rich
Title
Phenomenology of Anger
Release
Reading at Stanford
Year
1973
Label
Stanford Program for Recordings in Sound # CFS-3311
Format
LP · Album
Language
English
Country
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Songwriter
Adrienne Rich
Genre
Spoken Word · Poetry
Primary theme
Post-War

Notes

Poem in nine parts; part 4 references the killing of the babies at My Lai and the "factory of facts" computing body counts. Track B6, read live at Stanford (introduced by Barbara Gelpi).

About the artist

Adrienne Rich, born 16 May 1929 in Baltimore, Maryland; died 27 March 2012 in Santa Cruz, California. Poet, essayist and feminist, an anti-Vietnam War activist in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Anti-War · My Lai · Civilian Casualties

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