Dacey, Philip, and David Jauss, eds., Strong Measures: Contemporary American Poetry in Traditional Forms, Addison- Wesley, 1986.

This collection of poetry provides the reader with a
large selection of poems that demonstrates the many
different poetic forms used.

Mullaney, Janet Palmer, ed., Truthtellers of the Times: Interviews with Contemporary Women Poets, University of Michigan Press, 1998.

This book is a collection of interviews with fourteen
contemporary poets. Although an interview with
Olds is not part of this book, the text does provide a
glimpse into the creative world of some of Olds's
contemporaries.

Pinsky, Robert, The Sounds of Poetry: A Brief Guide, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999.

An easy to read primer on how to read and understand
poetry, in which Pinsky discusses line, syntax,
meter, rhyme, and the art of poetry.

Schaller, Michael, Reckoning with Reagan: America and Its President in the 1980s, Oxford University Press, 1984.

This book provides...