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.
EXTRA MATERIALS FOR EPISODE 38Books by Sharon OldsOdes (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 EpisodeFaculty of Community of Writers (formerly known as Squaw Valley Writer’s Conference): Brenda Hillman, Forrest Gander, Francisco Alarcón, Gregory Pardlo
Galway Kinnell
Sylvia Plath
Anne Sexton
Audre Lorde
Muriel Rukeyser
Donna Seaman
Toi Derricotte
Other Relevant Links and ResourcesThe Bachelorette (TV show)
Pinchas Zukerman
Itzhak Perlman
Isaac Stern
Yo Yo Ma
Community of Writers (formerly known as Squaw Valley)
Dr. Debra Cohan
Whitney Museum
Tom Waits
Episode 121: Fred Moten and Ronaldo Wilson - Part 2
Episode 120: Fred Moten and Ronaldo V. Wilson
Episode 119: Eugenia Leigh's Bianca (KTCO feed drop)
Episode 118: Laurel Snyder
Episode 117: Charif Shanahan & Safia Elhillo with Isaac Ginsberg Miller
Episode 116: The Gathered Congregation
Episode 115: Moheb Soliman
Episode 114: Live & Embodied
113: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Episode 112: Gabrielle Octavia Rucker with V Conaty
Episode 111: The Confessional Episode
Episode 110: The Poetics of Wrongness
Episode 109: Joy Harjo
Episode 108: Saeed Jones
Episode 107: Eileen Myles
Episode 106: S. Yarberry with V Conaty
Episode 105: Carl Phillips
Episode 104: The Critical Response Process with Liz Lerman & John Borstel
Episode 103: Cody-Rose Clevidence with Valentine Conaty
Episode 102: Rebekah Wolkstein
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