Will There Be Music?
Will There Be Music? by Sharon Olson, published by Cherry Grove Collections in 2019, is a poetry collection that spans 106 pages. The book captures scenes from a fifties childhood through the poet’s keen observations, exploring a range of voices and experiences that reflect on American life.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of narratives as Olson seeks testimony from diverse figures, including a Swedish grandmother and a band of prostitutes, while also delving into the lives of notable artists and writers such as John Sloan and Sartre. The poems unfold with a lyric intensity that highlights the complexities of existence in a world marked by both beauty and darkness. This edition, presented in English, invites readers to engage with the multifaceted perspectives that shape Olson’s reflections on memory and identity.
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In Sharon Olson’s book Will There Be Music? the poet employs a sharp eye to illuminate scenes from a fifties childhood, and during her journey seeks testimony from an array of disparate voices: a Swedish grandmother, a band of prostitutes, a waitress in a Fellini film. Her investigations into the lives of artists and writers, among them John Sloan, Emil Nolde, Sartre and Stendhal, unfold with lyric intensity, deepening and darkening her report from an America where “gun cases beckon,” an earth that “would never be scrubbed clean.”
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