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William Olsen (born Omaha, Nebraska) is an American poet . Life. He was raised in Park Forest, Illinois . His poems and essays have appeared in "Chicago Review, "Crazyhorse", "Gettysburg Review", "The Kenyon Review", "The Nation", The New Republic, Paris Review, "Poetry", "Poetry Northwest", Southern Review, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere.
William Olsen is a poet and author of six collections, including TechnoRage, which explores the impact of technology on human experience. He has received awards from The Nation, Guggenheim, and NEA, and taught at Western Michigan University and Vermont College.
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William Olsen (1950-2019) was a filmmaker who made Rockin' Road Trip, Southern Belles and Getting It On. He was born and died in Hickory, North Carolina, USA, and had Parkinson's disease.
Feb 4, 2011 · Read four poems from Sand Theory, a new collection by William Olsen, a poet and teacher from Vermont. The poems explore the natural beauty and fragility of the Leelenau Peninsula, where Olsen finds inspiration and solace.
William Olsen. Because it turns out the world really is a hospital, Because we had to have had before us a giant pair of scissors. Before four bold wings can have newly ascended, Before new doors can revolve, before new elevators. Rise and fall empty and full, new numbers light,
Sep 26, 2023 · William Olsen’s poem “By a Railroad Crossing” imagines radical loss of hope. The poem does not find an answer to or a recovery from this loss. Except that we can hope that the stoicism in the poem’s imagining is being offered to us and may give us courage.
