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The gold cell : poems, by Sharon Olds

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Summary
Sharon Olds writes of giving birth to her daughter, of her son's leaving for summer camp, of a vision of her parents, and of a man attempting to jump from a New York rooftop
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
ix, 91 pages
Contents
  • Summer solstice, New York City
  • On the subway
  • The abandoned newborn
  • In the cell
  • The twin
  • The food-thief
  • The girl
  • Outside the operating room of the sex-change doctor
  • The solution
  • The Pope's penis
  • When
  • I go back to May 1937
  • Saturn
  • What if God
  • History: 13
  • The meal
  • Alcatraz
  • San Francisco
  • Looking at my father
  • Why my mother made me
  • Now I lay me
  • The chute
  • The blue dress
  • Late poem to my father
  • June 24
  • After 37 years my mother apologizes for my childhood
  • 201 Upper Terrace, San Francisco
  • California swimming pool
  • First boyfriend
  • First sex
  • First love
  • Cambridge elegy
  • Still life
  • Greed and aggression
  • It
  • Topography
  • A woman in heat wiping herself
  • The premonition
  • I cannot forget the woman in the mirror
  • Love in blood time
  • This
  • The moment the two worlds meet
  • Little things
  • The latest injury
  • The quest
  • Gabriel and the water shortage
  • Liddy's orange
  • When my son is sick
  • The prayer
  • The signs
  • I see my girl
  • The green shirt
  • Gerbil funeral
  • Mouse elegy
  • The month of June: 13 1/2
  • Boy out in the world
  • Life with sick kids
  • That moment
  • Looking at them asleep
Isbn
9780394556994
Instance
Label
The gold cell : poems
Title
The gold cell
Title remainder
poems
Statement of responsibility
by Sharon Olds
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Sharon Olds writes of giving birth to her daughter, of her son's leaving for summer camp, of a vision of her parents, and of a man attempting to jump from a New York rooftop
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Olds, Sharon
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Series statement
The Knopf poetry series
Series volume
25
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  • Poetry
  • Poetry
  • Poetry
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The gold cell : poems, by Sharon Olds
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Contents
Summer solstice, New York City -- On the subway -- The abandoned newborn -- In the cell -- The twin -- The food-thief -- The girl -- Outside the operating room of the sex-change doctor -- The solution -- The Pope's penis -- When -- I go back to May 1937 -- Saturn -- What if God -- History: 13 -- The meal -- Alcatraz -- San Francisco -- Looking at my father -- Why my mother made me -- Now I lay me -- The chute -- The blue dress -- Late poem to my father -- June 24 -- After 37 years my mother apologizes for my childhood -- 201 Upper Terrace, San Francisco -- California swimming pool -- First boyfriend -- First sex -- First love -- Cambridge elegy -- Still life -- Greed and aggression -- It -- Topography -- A woman in heat wiping herself -- The premonition -- I cannot forget the woman in the mirror -- Love in blood time -- This -- The moment the two worlds meet -- Little things -- The latest injury -- The quest -- Gabriel and the water shortage -- Liddy's orange -- When my son is sick -- The prayer -- The signs -- I see my girl -- The green shirt -- Gerbil funeral -- Mouse elegy -- The month of June: 13 1/2 -- Boy out in the world -- Life with sick kids -- That moment -- Looking at them asleep
Control code
14717495
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
ix, 91 pages
Isbn
9780394556994
Lccn
86045511
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)14717495
Label
The gold cell : poems, by Sharon Olds
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Summer solstice, New York City -- On the subway -- The abandoned newborn -- In the cell -- The twin -- The food-thief -- The girl -- Outside the operating room of the sex-change doctor -- The solution -- The Pope's penis -- When -- I go back to May 1937 -- Saturn -- What if God -- History: 13 -- The meal -- Alcatraz -- San Francisco -- Looking at my father -- Why my mother made me -- Now I lay me -- The chute -- The blue dress -- Late poem to my father -- June 24 -- After 37 years my mother apologizes for my childhood -- 201 Upper Terrace, San Francisco -- California swimming pool -- First boyfriend -- First sex -- First love -- Cambridge elegy -- Still life -- Greed and aggression -- It -- Topography -- A woman in heat wiping herself -- The premonition -- I cannot forget the woman in the mirror -- Love in blood time -- This -- The moment the two worlds meet -- Little things -- The latest injury -- The quest -- Gabriel and the water shortage -- Liddy's orange -- When my son is sick -- The prayer -- The signs -- I see my girl -- The green shirt -- Gerbil funeral -- Mouse elegy -- The month of June: 13 1/2 -- Boy out in the world -- Life with sick kids -- That moment -- Looking at them asleep
Control code
14717495
Dimensions
22 cm.
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
ix, 91 pages
Isbn
9780394556994
Lccn
86045511
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)14717495

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