Book description
The Unswept Room is a dazzling collection of poems that project
a fresh spirit, a startling energy of language and rhythm, and a
moving, elegiac tone shot through with humour. From poems that erupt
out of history and childhood to those that embody the nurturing of a
new generation of children and the transformative power of marital
love, Sharon Olds takes risks, writing boldly of physical and
emotional sensations seldom confronted in poetry.
These are poems that strike for the heart, as Sharon Olds captures
our imaginations with unexpected word play, sprung rhythms and the
disquieting revelations of ordinary life. Writing at the peak of her
powers, this greatly admired poet gives us her finest collection.
Sharon Olds was born in San Francisco. Her poetry has won both the
Lamont Poetry Selection and the National Book Critics Circle Award in
the US. In 1998 she was named the New York State Poet for 1998-2000. Her
most recent collection,
Stag's Leap,
is published by Jonathan Cape. She lives in New York City.
