Episode 38: Sharon Olds
Rachel Zucker talks to acclaimed, award winning poet Sharon Olds about dope, talking nicely to yourself when you’re alone, noticing one’s tiniest thoughts, the advantages of being an “ordinary enough” person, Brenda Hillman and Community of Writers (formerly known as Squaw Valley), teaching, the rhythm of writing, Odes, sharing poems, being truthful, Galway Kinnell, how to deal with bad reviews, how to deal with praise, envy, talent, self-esteem, jealousy, heteromania, eros, intimacy, anger, dancing, parent-child separation and so much more.
Books by Sharon Olds
Odes (Knopf, 2016)
Stag’s Leap (Knopf, 2012)
One Secret Thing (Knopf, 2008)
Strike Sparks: Selected Poems, 1980-2002 (Knopf, 2004)
The Unswept Room (Knopf, 2002)
Blood, Tin, Straw (Knopf, 1999)
The Wellspring (Knopf, 1996)
The Father (Knopf, 1992)
The Sign of Saturn (Secker and Warburg, 1991)
The Matter of This World (Slow Dancer Press, 1987)
The Gold Cell (Knopf, 1987)
The Dead and the Living (Knopf, 1983)
Satan Says (Pitt Poetry Series, 1980)
Other Writers and Books Mentioned in the Episode
Faculty of Community of Writers (formerly known as Squaw Valley Writer’s Conference): Brenda Hillman, Forrest Gander, Francisco Alarcón, Gregory Pardlo
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