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Olds, seventythree, is the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry, including stags leap knopf, which won the 20 pulitzer prize. Her forthcoming book, odes, will be published by knopf on september 20. The south china sea and the end of a stable pacific robert d. Matthew arnolds sohrab and rustum and other poems by matthew. Poet sharon olds reads from her book stags leap youtube.
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