In Balladz, Sharon Olds proves triumphantly evergreen: a woman who still steps across prudishly conventional lines as playfully as a child absorbed in French skipping... Remarkable.
Observer, *Poetry Book of the Month*
Perhaps the most accessible poet of her generation.
Telegraph
Her voice is easy and intimate, almost alarmingly charming, and so you will follow wherever she leads...Olds's artistic signature - what really makes Sharon Olds Sharon Olds - is a kind of aggressi ...
New York Times
In Balladz, Sharon Olds proves triumphantly evergreen: a woman who still steps across prudishly conventional lines as playfully as a child absorbed in French skipping... Remarkable.
Observer, *Poetry Book of the Month*
Perhaps the most accessible poet of her generation.
Telegraph
Her voice is easy and intimate, almost alarmingly charming, and so you will follow wherever she leads...Olds's artistic signature - what really makes Sharon Olds Sharon Olds - is a kind of aggressi ...
New York Times
In Balladz, Sharon Olds proves triumphantly evergreen: a woman who still steps across prudishly conventional lines as playfully as a child absorbed in French skipping... Remarkable.
Observer, *Poetry Book of the Month*
Perhaps the most accessible poet of her generation.
Telegraph
Her voice is easy and intimate, almost alarmingly charming, and so you will follow wherever she leads...Olds's artistic signature - what really makes Sharon Olds Sharon Olds - is a kind of aggressi ...