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DURHAM, N. H. - The poet Sharon Olds whose book "Stag's Leap" won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for poetry will be the featured writer for the next N.H. Author Series at the 麻豆app.

Hosted by the Friends of Dimond Library, the event takes place in the library's 5th floor reading room Sunday, April 13, 2014, at 2 p.m.

听"Stag's Leap," which is about the breakup of Olds' 30-year marriage, also won the T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. The California native is the first American to win the award. The volume is her 12th collection of poems. Other recent works include "The Unswept Room;" "Strike Sparks: Selected Poems 1980-2002;" and "One Secret Thing."
Olds, who is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the National Book Critics Circle Award, splits her time between Pittsfield, N.H. and New York City, where she teaches poetry and creative writing at New York University.

The NH Author Series, held three times a year, has local author and humorist Rebecca Rule interviewing writers who have ties to New Hampshire in front of a live audience. The event includes an opportunity for questions from the audience and is recorded by New Hampshire Public Television for later broadcast and web streaming at .

The program is free and open to the public, but seating is limited so . Light refreshments will be served. For more information, e-mail nh.authors@unh.edu or call (603) 862-1540.

The , founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling 12,300 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students.

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A photo of Sharon Olds can be downloaded here: /unhtoday/news/releases/2014/03/images/sharonolds[1]-4583.jpg.