Adrienne Rich was born in 1929. Ms. Rich has published more than 16 volumes of poetry, including Midnight Salvage, Dark Fields of the Republic, and An Atlas of the Difficult World. Her essay collections include What is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics; Blood, Bread and Poetry; On Lies, Secrets and Silence; and Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution. Ms. Rich, who recieved a Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1999, read from Dark Fields of the Republic, and Midnight Salvage on September 29, 1999.