Poet Sharon Olds Discusses Her Life and Reads Some of Her Poetry.
Poet Sharon Olds. She writes passionate and intensely personal poems about her childhood with abusive and alcoholic parents, and her own experiences as a mother and a wife. Suicide attempts in New York, and encounters on the subway also provide inspiration for her work. Sharon Olds is the recipient of the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for her collection titled The Dead and the Living.
Other segments from the episode on June 29, 1988
Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 29, 1988: Interview with Sharon Olds; Review of Alexander Zemlinsky's album "Alexander von Zemlinksy Conducts"; Interview with Paul Monette; Commentary on…
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