Let's make this birthday one to remember.

68 years old (Born on January 13, 1957)

Happy Birthday, Claudia! May your celebration be as vivid and eloquent as every line in "Late Wife," your Pulitzer-winning masterpiece. Here's to another year of crafting poems that remind us there's beauty even in life's most complicated moments.

From the thoughtful introspection of "Secure the Shadow" to beautifully layered verses found within "Figure Studies," every page reflects your gift for capturing humanity with both sincerity and charm. On this birthday, may you enjoy endless poetic inspiration—and plenty of cake—as timelessly brilliant as you are. Keep on making poetry look deceptively easy; we're all truly better readers for it!