TWA Poet: Sharon Olds

November 19, 1942

It’s the birthday of best-selling poet Sharon Olds, born in San Francisco on this day in 1942. Her collections include Satan Says (1980), The Matter of This World (1987), The Sign of Saturn (1991), The Father (1992),  Blood, Tin, Straw (1999),  Strike Sparks (2004), One Secret Thing (2008), Stag’s Leap (2012), Odes (2016) and Balladz (2022).Since she be…