Sharon Olds, who served as New York State Poet Laureate under our sponsorship (1998-2000), has just received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Stag's Leap.
Writers Institute State Poet page for Sharon Olds: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/olds.html
"Like Whitman, Ms. Olds sings the body in celebration of a power stronger than political oppression." --New York Times
Monday, April 15, 2013
Sharon Olds Wins Pulitzer for Poetry!
