Description
In this daring and richly imaginative collection, Sharon Olds turns the traditional ode toward subjects both exalted and overlooked, from dirt, wind, and harmony to the intimate realities of the body, sexuality, aging, grief, and family. Her poems confront taboos with candor, humor, sensuality, and emotional force, transforming pain and vulnerability into occasions for attention, compassion, and praise. Raw yet deeply humane, the collection explores what it means to live inside a body, endure its changes, and remain open to love and wonder. Known for her fearless first-person voice and unconventional subjects, Olds creates poetry that is as unsettling as it is beautiful—and, in her own sense of the word, useful.
Available Editions
paperback
Alfred A. Knopf
Published Jan 1, 2016
108 pages
ISBN: 9780451493620
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Details
First Published
2016
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Odes by Sharon Olds.