Olds, seventythree, is the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry, including stags leap knopf, which won the 20 pulitzer prize. As she writes in the remarkable stag s leap, when anyone escapes, my heart leaps up. Stags leap by sharon olds poetry of american identity, poetry of america, the. Poet sharon olds reads from her book stags leap youtube. She waited 15 years after the event to publish this book, not wishing her children to have to face the immediate publicity. Im reading this book at the moment and i must say its. The south china sea and the end of a stable pacific robert d. In this wise and intimate tellingwhich carries us through the seasons when her marriage was endingsharon olds opens her heart to the reader, sharing the feeling of invisibility that comes when we are no longer standing in love s sight.
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