Claudia Emerson has died. She was 57-years-old.
According to The New York Times, Emerson (pictured, via) won the Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for a poetry collection entitled Late Wife. From 2008 to 2010, she served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia.
Altogether, Emerson has written six books of poetry; the sixth book will be published posthumously. Louisiana State University Press will release The Opposite House: Poems on March 4, 2015.