Sharon Olds reads and discusses Lucille Clifton's "won't you celebrate with me?"
Here, available in both an audio recording and a written transcript, the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Sharon Olds reads "won't you celebrate with me" and then briefly discusses the poem. Hearing Clifton's poem read out loud offers a valuable opportunity to see how she uses rhyme and meter even within the context of a free-verse work. Meanwhile, Olds' response sheds light on Clifton's continuing influence and the way that her work continues to resonate with contemporary poets.
