Our good friend Claudia Emerson won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her book “Late Wife: Poem.â€
A quote from her in an article in the Washington Post accurately described the situation here among her friends:
“We’re freaking out here,” said poetry winner Emerson, who teaches at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va. “It was a very big surprise.” The author of three books of poetry, Emerson said “Late Wife” is much more personal than her other work.
The prize was announced yesterday. She and her husband Kent hosted an impromtu party at their hosue last night. They had to. The house would have been filled with well-wishers in any case. Her book is listed as #523 in books at Amazon.com today, it was at about 1500 yesterday, and somewhere around 500,000 the day before.
Her books are wonderful, she writes and sings great songs, and it’s a singular pleasure to hear her read. Congratulations Claudia!
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