Blood, Tin, Straw
by Sharon Olds
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Sharon Olds has divided her new collection into five parts -- Blood, Tin, Straw, Fire, and Light -- each made up of 13 poems whose dominant imagery is animal, mineral, vegetable, fiery, and luminous. The poems weave back and forth in time, from her own birth and the births of her children, through adolescent sexual awakenings and terrors, to the knowledge of love and oneness in another. Never afraid to confront the hidden substance of a woman's nature, she recalls experiences in language show more that is alternately casually colloquial, startling in its ferocity, and transcendent in its joy. She loves the play of words and, more than ever, her poems almost demand to be read and savored aloud. This is a unique and powerful book that can only reinforce Sharon Olds' singular reputation. show lessTags
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Sharon Olds was born in San Francisco. She lives in New York City.
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- Canonical title
- Blood, Tin, Straw
- Original publication date
- 1999
- Dedication
- For Bobbie and Galway
- First words
- With the second drink, at the restaurant,
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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