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Poet Sharon Olds follows her 2012 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Stag's Leap" with a new collection called "Odes." These are not exactly Horatian odes, but a contemporary update that is more in the spirit ...

We asked nearly two dozen writers for nominations. Many of their odes to classic comedies and iconic documentaries were personal. That was exactly the point. By Sarah Bahr Times Insider explains who ...