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Tag Archives: Sharon Olds
Olds and Whitman
Sharon Olds addresses Walt Whitman directly, by name, in at least two of her poems. But her conference with the Bard, despite the century between them, pervades a far more overwhelming portion of her work than that. “The bodies of … Continue reading
The Poem as Fruit
I am invigorated by the shift to a woman’s perspective of Walt Whitman, which (obviously) often places him in the maternal role and/or that of a nurse. Because Sharon Olds has been one of my favorite poets since I saw … Continue reading
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