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September 20, 2005
the clean linens...the shining knives...the flames
Sharon Olds sends a letter to Mrs. Bush.
I attended NYU's Creative Writing Program where Sharon Olds teaches poetry. While I never took her class, I did meet her and hear her read. Her poems are personal and powerful. I've also been to readings by Goldwater Students (the program she refers to in the letter) and each time the readings were beyond profound, awesomely inspiring and exceedingly entertaining.
Posted by Cara at September 20, 2005 12:49 PM
Topics: politics and other crap
Comments
Thanks for that.
Posted by: Kay at September 20, 2005 02:14 PM
Good for her, very well said, and hooray for poets who stick to their guns! I am not a fan of Sharon Olds's poetry (a lot of it that I read was of the "a poem about my uterus" variety and I just can't take that after a while), but her personal convictions are clearly strong, and I'm glad she stood by them. Thank you for linking to her letter!
Posted by: Lee Ann at September 20, 2005 04:33 PM
I love Sharon Olds, uterus and all. I think her stuff on motherhood is great.
Posted by: Amy at September 20, 2005 05:06 PM
great, great letter. thanks for the link.
Posted by: mrspilkington at September 21, 2005 06:29 AM
OMG! THANK YOU!!!!!
Sharon Olds is coming to my Writer's Conference this summer as a distinguished visiting writer, and I am doing whatever in my power to get back for it. Thank YOU for linking this so that others of us, especially writers, can see one of our own standing strong against the tyrrany.
Thank YOU.
Posted by: Sara* at September 21, 2005 05:14 PM