$28.35
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2021
Summary
Dog Songs: A Celebration of Canine Companions
In Dog Songs, Mary Oliver celebrates the special bond between human and dog, as understood through her connection to the dogs who across the years accompanied her on her daily walks, warmed her home and inspired her work. The poems in Dog Songs begin in the small everyday moments familiar to all dog lovers and become, through her extraordinary vision, meditations on the world and our place in it.
Dog Songs
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472156006 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472156005 |
| Author: | Mary Oliver |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
Dog Songs … is a sweet golden retriever of a book that curls up with the reader - New York Times
Oliver … is one of our most adored poets, and a longtime lover of dogs. The popularity of [Dog Songs] feels as inevitable and welcome as a wagging tail upon homecoming - Boston GlobeMary Oliver is a canine lover par excellence. Her combo of woman’s best friend and poetry is utterly irresistible - Oprah.comMary Oliver’s Dog Songs is, plainly put, a lovely and accessible book of poems - The RumpusAbout The Author
Mary Oliver
Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of twenty-three. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Hennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. Mary Oliver died in January 2019.
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