Sharon Olson's Books
Apr.02.2006
In The Long Night of Flying, Sharon Olson’s engaging first collection, the reader is taken on a journey into a world of vulnerability, incipience, and mystery. There is a textured richness in the poet’s tenaciously precise take on the world around us, whether its subject matter is the theft of a Vermeer, an indictment of the brutalities of war, or the loss of the poet’s brother in...
Poets for Living Waters is a poetry action in response to the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico begun on April 20, 2010, one of the most profound human-made ecological catastrophes in history. They included my poem "mayday" on their open mike page which can be read here: http://poetsgulfcoast.wordpress.com/open-mic-n-r/
About Sharon
Sharon Olson has recently moved to Lawrenceville, New Jersey (after living three and a half years in Guilford, Connecticut). She retired in 2007 from the Palo Alto (California) City Library where she had been a reference librarian and cataloger since...
Causes Sharon Olson Supports
Move On
Doctors Without Borders
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center