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Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
For anyone who might be at all inclined to enjoy poetry, Mary Oliver is always a safe bet. She's best known for her accessible themes, her close observations of the natural world, and drawing unexpected connections for her readers. The Pulitzer Prize-winner personally selected the poems in this collection, pulling from more than five decades of writing, and the result is an extraordinary overview of her long career, including favorites such as Wild Geese, The Journey, and I Wake Close to Morning. It’s always illuminating to see what creators think best exemplifies their work.
About the Book
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
Throughout her celebrated career, Mary Oliver has touched countless readers with her brilliantly crafted verse, expounding on her love for the physical world and the powerful bonds between all living things. Identified as “far and away, this country’s best selling poet” by Dwight Garner, she now returns with a stunning and definitive collection of her writing from the last fifty years.
Carefully curated, these 200 plus poems feature Oliver’s work from her very first book of poetry, No Voyage and Other Poems, published in 1963 at the age of 28, through her most recent collection, Felicity, published in 2015. This timeless volume, arranged by Oliver herself, showcases the beloved poet at her edifying best. Within these pages, she provides us with an extraordinary and invaluable collection of her passionate, perceptive, and much-treasured observations of the natural world.
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