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 41: Danez Smith
Episode 40: Kaveh Akbar
Episode 39: Erika L. Sánchez
Episode 37: Sheila Heti and Sarah Manguso
Episode 36: Dialogue Arts Project
Episode 35: Aracelis Girmay
Episode 34: Dr. Joshua Bennett
Episode 33: Sabrina Orah Mark
Episode 32: Laynie Browne
Episode 31: Carmen Giménez Smith
Episode 30: Sarah Vap
Episode 29: Molly Peacock
Episode 28: Poems for Mother's Day
Episode 27: Rita Dove
Episode 26: Alice Notley
Episode 25: Ross Gay
Episode 24: Julie Carr
Episode 23: Morgan Parker
Episode 22: Undocupoets 2 — Javier Zamora, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, and Janine Joseph
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