1. New York State Writers Institute - Sharon Olds Sharon Olds http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/olds.html

Photo Credit: David Bartolomi Sharon Olds State Poet Sharon Olds is the author of seven volumes of poetry. Her latest work, The Wellspring (1996), shares with her previous work the use of raw language and startling images to convey truths about domestic and political violence, sexuality, family relationships and the body. The reviewer for the New York Times hailed Olds's poetry for its vision: "Like Whitman, Ms. Olds sings the body in celebration of a power stronger than political oppression." Olds's second volume of poetry, The Dead and the Living (1984), won the Lamont Poetry Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Critics praised these poems for their power and their language as they unflinchingly explored sexual abuse and linked it with overt political oppression. A reviewer for the Iowa Review wrote: "What makes these poems gripping is not only their humanity, the recognizable and plausibly complex rendering of character and representative episode, but their languagedirect, down to earth, immersed in the essential implements and processes of daily living..." Sharon Olds is a native Californian who earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University. Olds is a founding chair of the Writing Program at Goldwater Hospital for the severely physically disabled. She is currently chair of New York University's Creative Writing Program.

2. Sharon Olds Sharon Olds (1942 ). About Sharon Olds On The Waiting Reviewsof Blood, Tin, Straw An Excerpt from an Interview with Olds http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/olds/olds.htm

Sharon Olds (1942- ) About Sharon Olds On "The Waiting" Reviews of Blood, Tin, Straw ... External Links Compiled and Prepared by Jacque Kahn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Return to Modern American Poetry Home Return to Poets Index

3. Salon: Sharon Olds SHARON OLDS. The poet talks about breathing, the Pope's penis, and the necessityof getting out of art's way. By DWIGHT GARNER Illustration by Charlie Powell. http://www.salon.com/weekly/interview960701.html

S H A R O N O L D S The poet talks about breathing, the Pope's penis, and the necessity of getting out of art's way By DWIGHT GARNER Illustration by Charlie Powell D omesticity, death, erotic love the stark simplicity of Sharon Olds' subjects, and of her plain-spoken language, can sometimes make her seem like the brooding Earth Mother of American poetry. ("I have learned to get pleasure," Olds wrote in her last book, "from speaking of pain.") In photographs she tends to look somewhat dark and remote, too; there's a sense of brewing drama. She seems a natural heir to such melancholy talents as Ann Sexton and Sylvia Plath. It's a happy surprise, then, to discover that the 54-year-old Olds is anything but withdrawn and more-serious-than-thou. In fact, she comes across as a bundle of nervous energy, slightly neurotic, a bit like an intellectual Julie Haggerty. It's the end of the semester at New York University, where Olds has taught in the Graduate Creative Writing Program for the last 12 years, and the atmosphere outside her small office is chaotic. Olds herself arrives a few minutes late, looking slightly harried, and apologizes profusely while pulling two paper cups of tea from a brown bag one for herself, one for a visitor. It's hard to blame her for seeming a little breathless. In addition to her multiple duties at NYU, Olds runs the poetry workshop she founded in 1984 at New York's Goldwater Hospital for the severely disabled, and she reads at numerous speaking engagements. What's more, she claims to have such a backlog of poetry that when she does find the time to issue a new book such as "The Wellspring" (Knopf), published earlier this year it is generally made up of work written more than a decade earlier.

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6. [minstrels] The Connoisseuse Of Slugs -- Sharon Olds Reply to the Shepherd Sir Walter Raleigh Poem 1002, The Bait John Donne Poem 1003, The Connoisseuse of Slugs Sharon olds sharon Olds Poem 812, Sex http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1003.html

[1003] The Connoisseuse of Slugs Title : The Connoisseuse of Slugs Poet : Sharon Olds Date : 20 Feb 2002 When I was a connois... Length : Text-only version Prev Index Next Your comments on this poem to attach to the end [ microfaq juan@ The Connoisseuse of Slugs When I was a connoisseuse of slugs I would part the ivy leaves, and look for the naked jelly of those gold bodies, translucent strangers glistening along the stones, slowly, their gelatinous bodies at my mercy. Made mostly of water, they would shrivel to nothing if they were sprinkled with salt, but I was not interested in that. What I liked was to draw aside the ivy, breathe the odor of the wall, and stand there in silence until the slug forgot I was there and sent its antennae up out of its head, the glimmering umber horns rising like telescopes, until finally the sensitive knobs would pop out the ends, delicate and intimate. Years later, when I first saw a naked man, I gasped with pleasure to see that quiet mystery reenacted, the slow elegant being coming out of hiding and gleaming in the dark air, eager and so trusting you could weep. Sharon Olds This is one of my favorite "love" poems. I like the mystery and sense of discovery, "delicate and intimate", with not a note of eroticism or lubriciousness. The emphasis lies in the sense of surprise and wonder at the end, on the delicious naivete of the narrative voice. And what a trope! It reminds me of the eloquent conceits of the Metaphysical poets, especially John Donne. (cf. "The Flea", which is another love poem that might itself be appropriate this week!). Juan. [Minstrels Links] Love poems:

7. Poetry Daily Feature: Sharon Olds - The Unswept Room Poetry Daily home page. Virginal Orgy from Sharon Olds's The Unswept Room.Online Bookstore Listing Sharon olds sharon Olds was born in San Francisco. http://www.poems.com/unsweold.htm

Virginal Orgy from Sharon Olds's The Unswept Room Online Bookstore Listing Sharon Olds: Sharon Olds was born in San Francisco. Her poetry has won both the Lamont Poetry Selection and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 1998 she was named the New York State Poet for 1998-2000. She lives in New York City. About The Unswept Room A dazzling new collection of poems that project a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language and rhythm, and a moving, elegiac tone shot through with humor. From poems that erupt out of the traumas of childhood and the painful disconnections between mother and daughter to the nurturing of the poet's own offspring and the transformative power of marital love, Sharon Olds takes risks, writing boldly of physical and emotional sensations seldom confronted in poetry. These are poems that strike for the heart, drawing us into her experiences, capturing our imaginations with unexpected word play, sprung rhythms, and startling revelations. Writing at the peak of her powers, this greatly admired poet gives us one of her finest collections. Praise for Sharon Olds: Michael Ondaatje "Her work has a robust sensuality, a delight in the physical that is almost Whitmanesque. She has made the minutiae of a woman's everyday life as valid a subject for poetry as the grand abstract themes that have preoccupied other poets."

8. Borzoi Reader | Authors | Sharon Olds Sharon Olds was born in 1942, in San Francisco, and educated at StanfordUniversity and Columbia University. Her first book, Satan http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/authors/olds/

The Unswept Room Blood, Tin, Straw The Wellspring The Father The Gold Cell The Dead and the Living Sharon Olds was born in 1942, in San Francisco, and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. Her first book, Satan Says (1980), received the inaugural San Francisco Poetry Center Award. Her second, The Dead and the Living , was both the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Father was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize in England. She teaches poetry workshops in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York University and helps run the N.Y.U. workshop program at Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island in New York. Sharon Olds was the New York State Poet Laureate for 1998 to 2000. From Sharon Oldsa stunning new collection of poems that project a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language and counterpoint, and a moving, elegiac tone shot through with humor. From poems that erupt out of history and childhood to those that embody the nurturing of a new generation of children and the transformative power of marital love, Sharon Olds takes risks, writing boldly of physical, emotional, and spiritual sensations that are seldom the stuff of poetry.

9. Sharon Olds SHARON OLDS ON PRAYING IN PUBLIC. ARTISTS ON THE CUTTING EDGE. by BrandonCesmat. Sharon Olds prays in many of her poems. The lines http://www.northcounty.com/arts/olds.htm

SHARON OLDS ON PRAYING IN PUBLIC ARTISTS ON THE CUTTING EDGE by Brandon Cesmat Sharon Olds prays in many of her poems. The lines rise from the page like outcries, a quality that distinguishes Olds as one of the most accessible contemporary poets of our time. On April 24, Olds reads live at San Diego's Museum of Contemporary Art. When asked if she thought of her poems as prayers, she said, "When I was a kid, I would have thought prayer was for asking for help when one is afraid. When we're writing, I'm not sure that we think of the reader. It's more that we pray not to lie, to get it right, so that if we're writing about a tree, we get that tree and not a petrified log." The honesty in Olds writing process is evoked again when she reads to audiences. "Every poem is a prayer against loneliness. When I write, there are two people: the poem I'm writing and the poem that wants to be written. When I re-read what I've written, that makes three. If I read the poem to someone else that makes four. Poetry and prayer spell loneliness. "Although when we think of prayer in different religionsNative American, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Presbyterian, Pentecostalthey may be more different than alike."

10. Sharon Olds Sharon Olds Links. Poets in person Sharon Olds homepage. Summary andcommentary on Olds' Of All the Dead That Have Come to Me, This Once . http://www.harpercollege.edu/writ_ctr/olds.htm

Sharon Olds Links Poets in person: Sharon Olds homepage Summary and commentary on Olds' "Of All the Dead That Have Come to Me, This Once" Summary and commentary on Olds' "Late Poem to My Father" Summary and commentary on Olds' "Fate" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Pulling" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Dead Body" Summary and commentary on Olds' "Beyond Harm" Summary and commentary on Olds' "Waste Sonata" Summary and commentary on Olds' "That Moment" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Waiting" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Promise" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Girl" Summary and commentary on Olds' "High School Senior" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Pull" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Meal" Summary and commentary on Olds' "The Wellspring" Last Revised: 24 March 1997

11. Sharon Olds Sharon Olds. Satan Says ~ Usually ships in 23 days Sharon Olds / Paperback/ Published 1985 Our Price $10.95 Read more about this title http://www.cortlandreview.com/bookstore/olds.htm

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12. Sharon Olds Sharon Olds. Sharon Olds is, without a doubt, one of the most importantpoets of our time. To view a sample of Sharon Olds' work, click here. http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/thetruepoet/sharon_olds_info.htm

Sharon Olds Sharon Olds is, without a doubt, one of the most important poets of our time. She has written many volumes of poetry: Satan Says, The Gold Cell, The Father, The Well Spring, The Dead and the Living, and her most recent, Blood, Tin, Straw . She is chair of the creative writing department at New York University. To view a sample of Sharon Olds' work, click here 2002 by the webmaster poems 1992 by Sharon Olds. Any other use is strictly prohibited without consent from the author.

13. The Writer : Sharon Olds Sharon Olds Acclaimed for her use of piercing language and frank imagery, poetSharon Olds writes of family and sexual relationships, the body and other http://www.writermag.com/WRT/html/Departments/HowIwrite/200103_107.asp

HOW I WRITE Find out how others write iNavigator 2003 Sweepstakes Subscribe Member login Member resources ... How I Write Established writers share their writing practices Sharon Olds Acclaimed for her use of piercing language and frank imagery, poet Sharon Olds writes of family and sexual relationships, the body and other subjects with the ability to strike close to the bone and expose raw nerves. State poet of New York from 1998 to 2000, Olds is chair of New York University's Creative Writing Program and founder of the Writing Program at Goldwater Hospital for the physically disabled in New York. Credits: Blood, Tin, Straw The Wellspring The Father The Gold Cell ... The Dead and the Living (Lamont Poetry Selection; National Book Critics Circle Award, 1983); Satan Says (San Francisco Poetry Center Award, 1980). Why: Because I fill up with words and language dance-rhythms; because I don't like it that "all is lost" on this mortal earth. When: Whenever a poem "comes to me"—when I notice that one has begun to write itself, or when the first line or subject arrive in my consciousness. Where: Often, sitting up in bed (to keep my feet warm); often, sitting on a low hassock at a window overlooking a city park and a river, watching redtail hawks hunt; often, on buses, trains, airplanes.

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Sharon Olds Sex Without Love Topography [home] Last updated: 2001.11.7.

15. NYU > FAS > Faculty > Sharon Olds Sharon Olds Professor of English Ph.D. 1972 (English), Columbia; BA 1964, Stanford.Major Interests poetry, community outreach, writing workshops. http://www.nyu.edu/fas/Faculty/OldsSharon.html

Close this window Back to Alphabetical Listing Page Sharon Olds Professor of English Ph.D. 1972 (English), Columbia; B.A. 1964, Stanford. Major Interests: poetry, community outreach, writing workshops. Selected Works: Blood, Tin, Straw . New York: Knopf. 1999. The Wellspring. New York: Knopf. 1996. The Father. New York: Knopf. 1992. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf. 1987. The Dead and the Living. New York: Knopf. 1984. Satan Says. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. 1980. Affiliations: PEN, Poetry Society of America, Authors' Guild. Fellowships/Honors: T. S. Eliot Prize short list for The Father , England, 1994; Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award, 1993-1996; National Book Critics' Circle Award for The Dead and the Living Update your faculty profile

16. Sharon Olds Sharon Olds Home Pages General ResourcesNo resource available. Olds21.htm 10/05/98. http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/o/olds21.htm

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17. Sharon Olds Home Page Includes a biography, an excerpt from an interview with the poet, poems and a list of fan links. Check out other poets through this site. http://www.wilmington.org/poets/olds.html

Sharon Olds Home Page "Sharon Olds was born in 1942, in San Francisco, and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. Her first book of poems, Satan Says (1980), received the inaugural San Francisco Poetry Center Award. Her second, The Dead and the Living , was both the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1983 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. She teaches poetry workshops in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York University and in the N.Y.U. workshop program at Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island in New York." -A Note About The Author from The Father by Sharon Olds Hear Olds read "The Unjustly Punished Child," using metaphors that are strong as steel. This is a .wav file from the Poets in Person tape. Read an interview with Sharon Olds in the July 1, 1996 issue of Salon The Poets in Person Home Page

18. Directory :: Look.com Olds, Sharon (3) See Also. New York State Writers Institute Sharon olds sharon OldsSharon Olds An interview with Olds from the archives of Salonmagazine.com. http://www.look.com/searchroute/directorysearch.asp?p=84364

19. Sharon Olds - The Academy Of American Poets sharon olds The Academy of American Poets presents biographies, photographs, selectedpoems, and links as part of its online poetry exhibits. sharon olds. http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=209

20. Olds, Sharon Late Poem To My Father 48th EditionJanuary 2003 ©New York University The narrator has experienced an epiphany in which she can understand objectively, even forgive, her father's abusive behavior toward her. http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/olds120-des-.

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