Episode 79: Sharon Olds and Robert Pinsky!

Published: Jan. 4, 2014, 3:47 a.m.

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On this week\\u2019s show, I present my interview with Sharon Olds,

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Sharon-Olds

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and my interview with Robert Pinsky,

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Robert Pinsky

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plus I share Robert Pinsky and Laurence Hobgood\'s performance of\\xa0Creole.

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Hobgood and Pinsky

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TEXTS DISCUSSED

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stags leap

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Singing School

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NOTES

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I am in the running for the "Best of 2013" show of Jesse Bradley\'s reading series,\\xa0There Will be Words.\\xa0The current poll is\\xa0here\\xa0until\\xa0midnight, January 6.

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The Drunken Odyssey\\xa0now has a\\xa0youtube channel.

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In the New York Times\'s Bit blog,\\xa0David Steitfield\\xa0has wrung his hands about the analytics coming out of subscription services for ebook libraries. There is a nice still photo of Keria Knightly from\\xa0the film of\\xa0Pride and Prejudice.

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Amiri Baraka seems to be recovering after his hospital visit last week, according to\\xa0The New York Daily News.

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The Heaven of Animals, the forthcoming collection from friend-of-the-show\\xa0David James Poissant\\xa0(my co-host of the mailbag episodes),\\xa0is available for pre-order. Please support the launch of this stellar story collection.

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The Heaven of Animals

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