The rewards of paying attention, says Oliver, became clear to her early on. These essays are the product of a lifetime that Oliver has spent closely reading nature, as well as the work of other writers. Devotions Mary Oliver £30.00 Hardback Coming soon - Awaiting publication This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. see the world from the level of the grasses.' As much as she's a visionary poet, she's also the quintessential tough old broad who finds traces of awe in, for example, scooping out the shining wet pink bladder of a codfish, or getting down on all fours with her dog out in the woods and, 'for an hour or so. If that label sounds precious, you don't know your Oliver. In Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (Penguin), one of our most beloved writers offers both the best of her work and a spiritual road map of sorts. Most of these pieces have been published elsewhere, but reshuffled here they form a kind of sporadic spiritual autobiography. Oliver's latest book is a collection of essays called Upstream. Mary Oliver, Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.

I need a moment away from unceasing word drip of debates about the election, about whether Elena Ferrante has the right to privacy, about whether Bob Dylan writes 'Literature.' I need a moment, more than a moment, in the steady and profound company of Mary Oliver and I think you might need one too. In Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver (Penguin), one of our most beloved writers offers both the best of her work and a spiritual road map of sorts. Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver by Mary Oliver. Oliver’s poetry focused on the quiet of occurrences of nature: industrious hummingbirds, egrets, motionless ponds, lean owls / hunkering with their lamp-eyes. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Mary Oliver was an indefatigable guide to the natural world, wrote Maxine Kumin in the Women’s Review of Books, particularly to its lesser-known aspects. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Upstream Subtitle Selected Essays Author Mary Oliver

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