Satan Says (Pitt Poetry Series)
by Sharon Olds
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Author: Sharon OldsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1980-06-30
ISBN: 0822953145
Number of pages: 72
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
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Book Review: A Woman's Heart on Paper
Summary: 5 Stars
I was introduced to Sharon Olds' poetry by her poem about birth, "The Language of the Brag". After reading her magnficent retort in the last verse to Whitman and Ginsberg, "I have done what you wanted to do Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg, I have done this thing, I and the other women this exceptional act with the exceptional heroic body, this giving birth, this glistening verb, and I am putting my proud American boast right here with the others," I was a true fan of her honest, heartfelt poems.
She writes what every woman thinks but cannot or will not put into words on paper. I'm reminded of the quote my Muriel Rukeyser: "What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open."
Sharon Olds' poems rip us open. They tear at our very being, but most of all, they tell one woman's truth, which becomes every woman's truth. We are taught to be polite, don't make waves, fit in...but Ms. Olds banishes the old stereotypes and pours the very blood in her heart out onto the paper over her words and splits the myths and fallacies wide open.
Do not read this book if you're expecting flowery verse. It's for people willing to have their soul and spirit touched and changed----for the better.
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