Awarded to "Stag's Leap," by Sharon Olds, a book of unflinching poems on the author’s divorce that examine love, sorrow and the limits of self-knowledge.
Also nominated as finalists in this category were: "Collected Poems," by the late Jack Gilbert, a half century of poems reflecting a creative author’s commitment to living fully and honestly and to producing straightforward work that illuminates everyday experience with startling clarity; and "The Abundance of Nothing," by Bruce Weigl, a powerful collection of poems that explore the trauma of the Vietnam War and the feelings that have never left many of those who fought in the conflict.
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