Winter Hours
Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems
$24.95
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
9 April 1999
Summary
“On the subject of writing poetry, Oliver is the most enlightened and enlightening author I have read.” -Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times
From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award comes Winter Hours, Mary Oliver’s most personal book yet. And never more so than in this extraordinary and engaging gathering of nine essays, accompanied by a brief selection of new prose poems and poems.
With the grace and precision …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780395850879 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0395850878 |
| Author: | Mary Oliver |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin |
| Imprint: | Houghton Mifflin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 9 April 1999 |
| Weight: | 125g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 138mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“What good company Mary Oliver is!” The Los Angeles Times
“A treat for those who know and like her poems and a good introduction for the general reader who has yet to discover her work.” Pittsburg Post Gazette
About The Author
Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver (1935-2019), one of the most popular and widely honored poets in the U.S., was the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, she received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for American Primitive in 1984. Oliver also received the Shelley Memorial Award; a Guggenheim Fellowship; an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award; the Christopher Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for House of Light; the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems; a Lannan Foundation Literary Award; and the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence. She lived most of her life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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