New and Selected Poems

English

ISBN: 0807068772

EAN: 9780807068779

Category: Poetry / General

Publisher: Beacon Press

Release Date: 04/30/2004

Synopsis: When New and Selected Poems, Volume One was originally published in 1992, Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award. In the fourteen years 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 poets first eight books. Mary Olivers perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and readers alike. Do you love this world? she interrupts a poem about peonies to ask the reader. Do you cherish your humble and silky life? She makes us see the extraordinary in our everyday lives, how something as common as light can be an invitation/to happiness,/and that happiness,/when its done right,/is a kind of holiness,/palpable and redemptive. She illuminates how a near miss with an alligator can be the catalyst for seeing the world as if for the second time/the way it really is. Olivers passionate demonstrations of delight are powerful reminders of the bond between every individual, all living things, and the natural world.

Awards: Lambda Literary Awards – null  Lambda Literary Awards – null 

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New and Selected Poems

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.8 inches

Width: 5.93 inches

Length: 8.93 inches

Weight: 14.04 oz

Pages: 272