Sharon Olds and Mark Doty in Conversation

Iconic poets Sharon Olds and Mark Doty read from their influential collections, and discuss the secrets behind their fearless craft. This event took place on June 10, 2017, and was moderated by Provincetown poet Kelle Groom.
Production Credits:
Filming by Sean Gannett Productions
Audio by Chris Blood
Edited by Filipp Kotsishevskiy

[@PhilipFClark]

Finding this wonderful reading, interview and conversation absolutely lifted my heart and spirits. Two of our finest poets sparring and dancing and celebrating the art, and all with such human connection, humor, and real depth of love of their art. I was grateful to have studied in a workshop at Amherst's Juniper Summer Institute, and to hear Mark again is a pleasure. That workshop allowed me to write poems that appeared in my first book. I have read both Sharon and Mark for years, and continue to seek their new work. Here, they are a perfect example of the best of what poetry is, and a superb example of poets in conversation. Kelle Groom conducts the interviews and questions with such care. One of the best recorded interviews I have watched and so enjoyed. Made me think, laugh, and be so grateful for such voices.

[@JonPageWolves]

Wonderful to hear the great Mark Doty and Sharon Olds together. Loved the story about the temporary translation of Mark's soul into the body of a tattered parrot.

[@loriscunado3607]

Mr Doty's book waving is very distracting. He should be still when Sharon Olds is reading.

[@shanedm3396]

You should complain to the authorities about this injustice.