The Father
by Olds, Sharon
Sharon Olds was born in 1942 in San Francisco and educated at Stanford University and Columbia University. She was the New York State Poet Laureate from 1998 to 2000. She teaches poetry workshops in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York University and was one of the founders of the NYU workshop program at Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island in New York. Her work has received the Harriet Monroe Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lamont Selection of the Academy of American Poets, and the San Francisco Poetry Center Award. She is a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Fifth Printing. Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Stated Fifth Printing. Signed by the author with brief inscription on full title.
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THE FATHER
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 79pp. Compliments of the publisher card laid-in. Olds won the first San Francisco Poetry Center Award in 1980, the 1984 National Book Critics Circle Award, and the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Second Printing . Paperback. Fine. Andrew Rathmann's copy, editor of Chicago Review, with his ownership signature on ffep.
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1992. Book. Very Good+. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). American First. First edition stated on verso of title page; signed by Sharon Olds on the title page with no inscription; minor edge wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectable condition.. Item Price
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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gray stiff wraps, lettered in burgundy. As issued. ix,79 pp. 8th ptg. Signed by author on main title, dated "Dodge 98" (Mabel Dodge Poetry Festival, NJ), personalized along upper page edge.. Item Price
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, rose colored cloth covered boards with pink top edge stain. 79 pp. plus biographical note on author and colophon. This is the fourth book by the Pulitzer Prize winning (among other awards) poet. This is an excellent new copy, in perfect condition… Read more about this item Item Price
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