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A review by casparb
Satan Says by Sharon Olds
shaz's first ! way back over forty year & it got me thinking about how these come around. Was published when she was thirty seven , relatively late as they go & mostly it seems because she had the hugest battles with the most intensely misogynist establishment, no surprise unready for sharon olds poems. a well that's all over huh
amazing to see how much is immediately here at that super recognisable formal level. it gets more intense / obvious (no pejorative) later, but ! still clear. The final poem, Prayer, almost feels like Sharon Olds discovering how to write like sharon olds, all viscera. many others to enjoy - Five Year Old Boy, Infinite Bliss - tho it feels like she's yet to quite capture the organisation of content. probably make sense! first book, too many stories to tell . zhizn!
amazing to see how much is immediately here at that super recognisable formal level. it gets more intense / obvious (no pejorative) later, but ! still clear. The final poem, Prayer, almost feels like Sharon Olds discovering how to write like sharon olds, all viscera. many others to enjoy - Five Year Old Boy, Infinite Bliss - tho it feels like she's yet to quite capture the organisation of content. probably make sense! first book, too many stories to tell . zhizn!