Tag: Sharon Olds

• unapologetic with Sharon Olds

  I recently found myself returning to this week’s poem, “Station” by Sharon Olds, in conversation with students. Specifically, I referenced what happens in the poem as a way to describe the work writers have to do to find space and time to write. Among the themes addressed, the poem makes clear how the decisions made […]

  José Angel Araguz

  March 23, 2018

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• * taking flight with tranströmer

  During my grad studies in NYC, I had the opportunity to go to a reading by Tomas Tranströmer. Sharon Olds and Robert Bly were chosen to present Tranströmer’s work, each reading a selection. Olds delivered his work in a fervent and direct manner, while Bly strode through the poems, pausing at times to exclaim over a line […]

  José Angel Araguz

  September 26, 2014

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• * Sharon Olds, newspapers & the friday influence

  This week on the Influence: Sharon Olds! Just read through Olds’ latest book, Stag’s Leap, a powerful collection of poems - for which she recently was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize - centering on the story of her divorce. The poems take on the separation with the nerve and lyrical litheness that are characteristic of Olds. […]

  José Angel Araguz

  March 29, 2013

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