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Born in November 19, 1942 / United States / English

Furtherreading

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BOOKS

  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 32, 1985, Volume 39, 1986, Volume 85, 1995.
  • Contemporary Poets, 6th edition, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996.
  • Contemporary Women Poets, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1998.
  • Contemporary Women's Poetry: Reading/Writing/Practice, edited by Alison Mark and Deryn Rees-Jones, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2000.
  • Davis, Cortney, Leopold's Maneuvers, University of Nebraska Press (Lincoln, NE), 2004.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 120: American Poets since World War II, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1992.
  • Gregerson, Linda, Negative Capability: Contemporary American Poetry, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI) 2001.
  • Myers, Jack, and David Wojahn, editors, A Profile of Twentieth-Century American Poetry, Southern Illinois University Press (Carbondale, IL), 1991.
  • Oldfield, Sybil, Women against the Iron Fist: Alternatives to Militarism, 1900 to 1989, B. Blackwell (Cambridge, MA), 1989.
  • Ostriker, Alicia, Dancing at the Devil's Party: Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2000.
  • Swiontkowski, Gale, Imagining Incest: Sexton, Plath, Rich, and Olds on Life with Daddy, Susquehanna University Press (Selinsgrove, PA), 2003.
  • Wolff, Rebecca, Manderley: Poems, University of Illinois Press (Urbana, IL), 2001.

PERIODICALS

  • Albany Times Union, March 30, 1998.
  • America, June 30, 1984.
  • American Book Review, February, 1982; April, 1993, p. 24.
  • American Poetry Review, September, 1984; September-October, 1987, pp. 31-35; November-December, 1989.
  • Belles Lettres, fall, 1992, p. 30.
  • Booklist, October 1, 1999, Donna Seaman, review of Blood, Tin, Straw, p. 339.
  • Guardian, April 26, 2003, Carol Rumens, review of The Unswept Room.
  • Nation, October 13, 1984; December, 1992, p. 748.
  • New Criterion, December, 1999, William Logan, "No Mercy," p. 60.
  • New Republic, December 27, 1999, Adam Kirsch, "The Exhibitionist," p. 38.
  • New York Times Book Review, March 18, 1984; March 21, 1993, p. 14; November 14, 1999, Ken Tucker, "Family Ties."
  • Poetry, June, 1981; January, 1987, p. 231; April, 1994, pp. 39.
  • Publishers Weekly, November 8, 1993, p. 71; November 27, 1995, p. 65; September 27, 1999, review of Blood, Tin, Straw, p. 98.
  • Seattle Times, January 16, 2000, Richard Wakefield, "Olds' Poems Delve into Depths of Love."
  • Times Literary Supplement, May 31, 1991, pp. 11-12; July 16, 1993, p. 25.
  • Voice Literary Supplement, May, 1984.
  • Women's Review of Books, February, 1984, pp. 16-17; May, 2003, Kate Daniels, "Gritty and Alive," review of The Unswept Room, p. 16.
  • Yale Review, autumn, 1987, p. 140.

ONLINE

  • Academy of American Poets Web site, http://www.poets.org/ (March 20, 2003).
  • Gravity: A Journal of Online Writing, Music and Art, http://www.newtonsbaby.com/gravity/ (spring, 2000), Joy Yourcenar, review of Blood, Tin, Straw.
  • New York State Writer's Institute Web site, http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/ (November 28, 2000), "Sharon Olds: State Poet 1998-2000."
  • Poetry Flash, http://www.poetryflash.org/ (February-March, 2000), Richard Silberg, review of Blood, Tin, Straw.
  • Salon.com, http://www.salon.com/ (July 1, 1996), Dwight Garner, interview with Olds.