Tag Archives: Sharon Olds
Poetry Friday: Ask Krista Tippett
September 28, 2018Today we’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled “Ask a Poet” blogs, and taking the opportunity to get to know Krista Tippett, host of the public radio show and podcast On Being. The show grapples with what it means … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Festival Videos – Sharon Olds
October 2, 2015It’s Poetry Friday, and today we’re happy to share a reading by Sharon Olds featuring her poems “Sheffield Mountain Ode” and “Ode to my Whiteness” during the poetry sampler of the 2014 Dodge Poetry Festival. For more info on Sharon, check … Continue reading
2014 Featured Festival Poet: Sharon Olds
August 29, 2014Photo by Marcus Mam, Vogue, September 2012 Through ten collections of poems, Sharon Olds has turned an unflinching eye toward the ecstasies and sorrows of living in the human body. Every stage of life is meticulously observed and explored: childhood, … Continue reading
A Successful 2010 Dodge Poetry Festival!
October 11, 2010We had an amazing time at the 2010 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and for those who were able to come, we hope you did too. Who could forget performances by US Poets Laureate Kay Ryan, Rita Dove, Billy Collins … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Published Yet?
October 2, 2009Khalil Murrell, Program Associate, Poetry Disregarding short bouts with writer’s block, I approach the daunting question posed by the blank page with greater ease and more tools—more colors in my poetic palate—than ever before. Much of this growth as a … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: Sharon Olds
August 7, 2009Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry If the word “ode” summons up strains of Beethoven or lines from the English Romantics, listen to Sharon Olds’ “Ode to a Composting Toilet” and “Ode to a Tampon” for a brief introduction to how … Continue reading
