Bitches With Books - “The Dream of a Common Language” by Adrienne Rich

Bitches With Books - an Edinburgh book club for anyone who identifies as an LGBTQ+ woman.

In November we will be discussing “The Dream of a Common Language”
by Adrienne Rich.

We have a table booked from 6.30pm at Kilderkin on Canongate - book chat starts at 7pm. Please only sign up if you can make the date. Hope to see you then!

The Dream of a Common Language is a work of poetry written by award-winning author and activist Adrienne Rich. The book is divided into three sections: first "Power"; second "Twenty One Love Poems"; third "Not Somewhere Else, But Here".

The collection of poems was the first book Rich published after she came out as a lesbian in 1976. In it, she explores the concept of a common language to be achieved through poetry, art and feminist ideas. The book is an integration of the author's personal life and social and political beliefs.