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PBS NewsHour | Poet Sharon Olds Mourns and Heals the End of a Marriage | PBS

Duration: 04:01
Program: PBS NewsHour #10473
Broadcast Date: Oct. 11, 2012

Sharon Olds shares work from her latest collection of poetry, "Stag's Leap," a book grieving and healing at the end of a marriage. Olds also talks about her partner's New Hampshire nature retreat where she spends her days, about finding her poetic voice in her 30s, and the "usefulness" of poetry.

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Post Date: October 11, 2012