Muriel rukeyser, galway kinnell, philip levine, ruth stone. Oom pompa noo sucyou fish your side of the river, ill fish mine, you said. Sharon olds was born in san francisco, educated at stanford and columbia universities, and has lived for many years in new york city. Poet and colleague galway kinnell of new york university said, theres a. Part of the vancouver international writers and readers festival 2008. Galway kinnell galway mills kinnell february 1, 1927 october 28, 2014 was an american poet. In her new book there is a poem called ode to wattles, and it is about what you suspect its about. Sharon olds born november 19, 1942 is a pulitzer prizewinning american poet. The poetry foundation describes sharon olds as one of contemporary poetrys leading voices. In books like the dead and the living and the gold cell she turned these acts. Kinnell, a navy veteran, experienced europe and the middle east while serving. Charlotte mendelson, observer book of the year opening with a powerful and tender ode to the hymen, sharon olds uses this ageold poetic form to address many aspects of herself, in a collection that is centred around the female body and female pleasures, and touches along the way on parts of.
Poet sharon olds sits down with humorist rebecca rule. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Janice came to the community of writers in the summer of 1998 where she was profoundly affected by working with galway kinnell, lucille clifton, sharon olds, robert hass and marie howe. Sharon olds, americas brave poet of the body literary hub. Poet sharon olds mourns and heals the end of a marriage youtube. It features the work of classic poets, such as emily dickinson, walt whitman, and robert frost, as well as the work of contemporary greats such as howard nemerov, charles bukowski, donald hall, billy collins, robert bly, and sharon olds. Galway mills kinnell february 1, 1927 october 28, 2014 was an american poet. What matters most is how well you walk through the fire. Galway kinnell primary author only author division.
She teaches creative writing at new york university. When the towers fell by galway kinnell, september 16, 2002. Charlotte mendelson, observer book of the year opening with a powerful and tender ode to the hymen, sharon olds uses this ageold poetic form to address many aspects of herself, in a collection that is centred around the female body and female pleasures, and touches along the way on parts of her own story which will. He won the pulitzer prize for poetry for his 1982 collection, selected poems and split the national book award. Often focusing on the claims of nature and society on the individual, kinnells poems explore psychological states in precise and sonorous free verse. Merwin the lice 1993, copper canyon press reissue cesare pavese hard labor 1979. Galway kinnell, the cover said, the book of nightmares. Jonathan safran foer, sharon olds, and more celebrate life. Sharon olds can still remember how furious editors became when she started submitting her poems, 40 years ago. Kinnell was awarded the pulitzer prize and a national book award for selected poems and he studied at princeton. Gwendolyn brooks and galway kinnell who had a greater influence on her work.
Opening with the powerful and tender ode to the hymen, olds addresses and embodies, in this ageold poetic form, many aspects of love and gender and sexual politics in a collection that is centered on the body and its structures and. The book of light 1993, copper canyon press galway kinnell the book of nightmares 1973, mariner books yusef komunyakaa dien cai dau 1988, wesleyan university press sharon olds the gold cell 1987, alfred a. A celebration of the life in poetry of galway kinnell. Plath, she comments was a great genius, with an iq of at least double mine and while these women charted well the. Advice for after the breakup by sharon olds, october 5, 2012. Buy the gold cell by sharon olds online at alibris. He cofounded, with olds, the nyu creative writing program in 1981, serving as its director from 1981 to 1984. Sharon olds can still remember how furious editors became when she. In fact, says olds, it was a different group of poets people like muriel rukeyser, gwendolyn brooks and galway kinnell who had a greater influence on her work. She was raised as a hellfire calvinist, as she describes it. They came back often with very angry notes, the 74yearold poet says, sitting in her small, lightfilled apartment overlooking nyus campus in greenwich village. Sheffield mountain ode for galway kinnell is one of the most stunning pieces here olds. Early life sharon stuart cobb was born on november 19, 1942 in san francisco.
Galway and sharon olds would take the poetry students into the country. Kinnell 19272014 won both the pulitzer prize and a share of the national book award for his selected poems in 1983. Galway kinnell is currently considered a single author. The collected poems of galway kinnell by galway kinnell is a collection of sixtyfive years of writing. She teaches poetry workshops in the graduate creative writing program at new york university and helps run the new york university workshop program at goldwater hospital on roosevelt island in new york. Jody gladding, edward hirsch, marie howe, major jackson, sharon olds, and ellen bryant voigt. Pulitzer prizewinning poet galway kinnell to read at nyu. Sharon olds shares work from her latest collection of poetry, stags leap, a book grieving and healing at the end of a marriage. Galway kinnell, plainspoken poet, is dead at 87 the new. Sharon olds biography, age, poetry, education, early life. Galway kinnell, who was recognized with both a pulitzer prize and a national book award for a body of poetry that pushed deep into the heart of human experience in the decades after world war ii. He won the pulitzer prize for poetry for his 1982 collection, selected poems and split the national book award for poetry with charles wright. I have learned to get pleasure from speaking of pain sharon olds could as easily substitute give for get in this line from a poem in the father. Galway kinnells mortal acts, mortal words, is one of my favorite books of poems ever.
Sharon olds at the 2018 burlington book festival youtube. From 1989 to 1993 he was poet laureate for the state of vermont an admitted follower of walt whitman, kinnell rejects the idea of seeking fulfillment by escaping into. In the words of michael ondaatje, sharon olds poetry is pure fire in the hands. She lived in brooklyn and is the mother of two extraordinary specimens, jack and juliana. Olds has been the recipient of many awards including the 20 pulitzer prize in poetry, the 1984 national book critics circle award, and the first san francisco poetry center award in 1980 she currently teaches creative writing at new york university. Rachel zucker talks to acclaimed, award winning poet sharon olds about dope, talking nicely to yourself when youre alone, noticing ones 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. When sharon olds was a child, she was told she was going to hell. She says she was by nature a pagan and a pantheist and notes i was in a church where there was both great literary art and bad literary art, the great art being psalms and the bad art being hymns. The collected poems of galway kinnell will be published by houghton mifflin co. Olds has commented that she is more informed by the work of poets such as galway kinnell, muriel rukeyser and gwendolyn brooks than by confessional poets like anne sexton or sylvia plath. Interspersed with acts of breathtaking linguistic daring.
The avenue bearing the initial of christ into the new world. Good poems includes verse about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendance. Poets of the generation just ahead of mine whose work i have especially learned from and loved. Sharon olds born november 19, 1942 is an american poet. Sharon olds, laureate of sexuality, scrutinizes the body. Galway kinnell, pulitzer prizewinning poet and erich maria remarque professor of creative writing at new york university, will read from his work on thursday, march 24, at 7 p. He will be introduced by sharon olds, awardwinning poet and professor of english at nyu. Critic morris dickstein called kinnell one of the true master poets of his. I have learned to get pleasure from speaking of painsharon olds could as easily substitute give for get in this line from a poem in the father. Olds was 37 when she published her first book of poems, satan says 1980. Galway kinnell was an awardwinning poet best known for poetry that connects the experiences of daily life to much larger poetic, spiritual, and cultural forces. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
Olds has commented that she is more informed by the work of poets such as galway kinnell, muriel rukeyser and gwendolyn. Following the pulitzer prizewinning collection stags leap, sharon olds gives us a stunning book of odes. Galway kinnell books list of books by author galway kinnell. Feeling, after college, a certain scorn that there could be a course in writing poetry, as he put it, kinnell did not go on to study poetry and. In five collections, including the wellspring, out this month from knopf, she has written without embarrassment or apology, with remarkable passion and savagery and nerve, poems about family and family pathology, early erotic. At semesters end, galway and sharon olds would take the poetry students into the country. Watch the opening ceremonies special reading by sharon olds, american poet and 20 pulitzer prize in poetry winner. In 2005, first lady laura bush invited olds to the national book festival in washington, d.
Sharon oldss poetry is intimate and personal, wrenched from her own life. Galway kinnell the book of nightmares 1973, mariner books w. I gave to a poet friend for christmas, who unfortunately was not persuaded. See more ideas about sharon olds, old poetry and words. Olds has been writing for almost 30 years and her poetry has won her a guggenheim fellowship and a national book critics circle award. Sharon olds was born in san francisco, and educated at stanford university and columbia university. Olds first book of poetry, satan says 1980, won the san francisco poetry center. Olds has been the recipient of the 20 pulitzer prize in poetry, the 1984 national book critics circle award, and the first san francisco poetry center award in 1980. Plath, she comments was a great genius, with an iq of at least double mine and while these women charted well the way of women in the world she says their. Sharon olds has said that she does not ask a poem to carry a lot of rocks in its pockets. He speaks in a human voice about a flawed, magnificent world.