Blood, Tin, Straw (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Sharon Olds
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Sex or sexuality, Fathers
A preponderance of historical evidence has demonstrated that the relaxation or removal of restraints on artistic expression is not necessarily a move to creative freedom. To take advantage of the verbal license afforded to modern writers requires, at a minimum, a degree of maturity that recognizes the cheap, obvious, and tired nature of most erotica. To use this freedom really effectively, a writer must be able to integrate the erotic impulse with the total personality of its progenitor. From the beginning of her life as a poet, Sharon Olds has brought a facility for graphic description...
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