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 81: Commonplace goes to Taiwan, Part 2
Episode 80: Commonplace goes to Taiwan, Part 1
Episode 79: Christine Larusso
Episode 78: Anne Boyer
Episode 77: Tina Chang
Episode 76: Ada Limón
Episode 75: Victoria Chang
Episode 74: Rachel Zucker's SoundMachine
Episode 73: Jennifer Croft (Translation Series Ep. 3)
Episode 72: Ilya Kaminsky
Episode 71: Mira Jacob
Episode 70: Alicia Jo Rabins
Episode 69: Live Reading with Brown, Joseph, Meitner Parker, Pico, Tolbert, and Yanyi
Episode 68: Live Reading w/ Calvocoressi, Falkner, Gay and Mark
Episode 67: John Biewen
Episode 66: Sarah Gambito
Episode 65: Hillary Frank
Episode 64: John Keene (Translation Series, Ep. 2)
Episode 63: Juliana Spahr
Episode 62: Khadijah Queen
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