Adrienne Rich Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) was a prolific poet and author of many collections and critical works. She won the National Book Award in 1974. Scenes of Negotiation Adrienne Rich What Country Is This?Rereading LeRoi Jones’s The Dead Lecturer. Adrienne Rich The Witness Takes a StandJune Jordan wrote from her experience in a woman’s body and a dark skin, though never solely “as” or “for.” Adrienne Rich Dislocations: Seven Scenarios Adrienne Rich The Eye of the OutsiderOn the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. Adrienne Rich