Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Why I Wake Early, Owls and Other Fantasies, House of Light, Dream Work, White Pine, West Wind, The Leaf and the Cloud, and What Do We Know, as well as four books of prose, including Blue Pastures, Rules for the Dance, and Winter Hours. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
Praise for the poetry of Mary Oliver:
"Far beneath the surface-flash of linguistic effect, Mary Oliver
works her quiet and mysterious spell. It is a true spell, unlike
any other poet's, the enchantment of the true maker."--James
Dickey
"Oliver's often quiet persona almost always rides a storm of
discovery . . . She continues to earn applause and admiration for
continuing to provide redemptive mediation and supple praises for
nature in a time when so much is under threat."--R. T. Smith,
Shenandoah
"These are life enhancing and redemptive poems that coax the
sublime from the subliminal."--Sally Connolly, Poetry
"Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing.
Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural
world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and
consolations."--Stanley Kunitz
"Oliver's poems are thoroughly convincing-as genuine, moving, and
implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring."--New York
Times Book Review
"The gift of Oliver's poetry is that she communicates the beauty
she finds in the world and makes it unforgettable."--Miami Herald
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