Sharon Olds
Sharon Olds
Reading Date: Wednesday, April 16, 1986
- Introduction
- "The One Girl at the Boys' Party"
- "The Missing Boy"
- "The Couple"
- "On the Subway"
- "The Pope's Penis"
- "I Go Back to May 1937"
- "201 Upper Terrace, San Francisco"
- "Topography"
- "Mouse Elegy"
- "Life with Sick Kids"
- "Mother's Eye"
- "Mrs. Krikorian"
- "May 1968"
- "Adolescence"
- "The Race"
- "Last Night"
- "Christmas Child"
- "The Solution"
- "His Ashes"
- "The Species"
- "The First Two Weeks"
Introduction-490
by Lois Shelton
"The One Girl at the Boys' Party"-491
Olds, Sharon. The Dead and the Living. New York: Knopf, 1984.
"The Missing Boy"-492
Olds, Sharon. The Dead and the Living. New York: Knopf, 1984.
"The Couple"-493
Olds, Sharon. The Dead and the Living. New York: Knopf, 1984.
"On the Subway"-494
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"The Pope's Penis"-495
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"I Go Back to May 1937"-496
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"201 Upper Terrace, San Francisco"-497
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"Topography"-498
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"Mouse Elegy"-499
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"Life with Sick Kids"-500
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"Mother's Eye"-501
from Ironwood
"Mrs. Krikorian"-502
Olds, Sharon. The Wellspring. New York: Knopf, 1996.
"May 1968"-503
Olds, Sharon. The Wellspring. New York: Knopf, 1996.
"Adolescence"-504
Olds, Sharon. The Wellspring. New York: Knopf, 1996.
"The Race"-505
Olds, Sharon. The Father. New York: Knopf, 1992.
"Last Night"-506
uncollected, unpublished
"Christmas Child"-507
uncollected, unpublished
"The Solution"-508
Olds, Sharon. The Gold Cell. New York: Knopf, 1987.
"His Ashes"-509
Introduced as "My Father's Ashes."
Annotation:
Olds, Sharon. The Father. New York: Knopf, 1992.
"The Species"-510
uncollected, unpublished
"The First Two Weeks"-511
uncollected, unpublished
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Sharon Olds reads both published and unpublished pieces from her large body of work.
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