$32.87
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2018
Summary
Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Since its initial appearance, it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume as well as selections from the poet’s first eight books.
Mary Oliver’s perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807068779 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0807068772 |
| Author: | Mary Oliver |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 151mm |
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Critics Review
“One of the astonishing aspects of Oliver’s work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets… There is no complaint in Ms. Oliver’s poetry, no whining, but neither is there the sense that life is in any way easy… These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward.” Stephen Dobyns, New York Times Book Review “I have always thought of poems as my companions - and like companions, they accompany you wherever the journey (or the afternoon) might lead… My most recent companion has been Mary Oliver’s “The Leaf and the Cloud”… It’s a brilliant meditation, a walk through the natural world with one of our preeminent contemporary poets.” Rita Dove, Washington Post”
About The Author
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver (1935-2019), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. She wrote over 30 volumes of poetry and prose, including Blue Iris, Owls and Other Fantasies, Why I Wake Early, two volumes of New and Selected Poems, and Devotions, as well as two essay collections, Long Life and Upstream.
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