Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems 2004-2006

"Rich's lyrics are powerful and mournful, drenched in memory." -San Francisco Chronicle

Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth is one of Adrienne Rich's most unpredictable and evocative collections. In the folk/blues tradition behind "Rhyme," in the incantatory pattern of "Behind the Motel," in the voices from past and present in "Letters Censored, Shredded, Returned to Sender or Judged Unfit to Send," in the dystopic scenes and intimate encounters of "Draft # 2006," in the mysterious negotiatio...