New and Selected Poems I.

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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 poet's first eight books.
"One of the astonishing aspects of Oliver's work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets There is no complaint in Ms. Oliver's poetry, no whining, but neither is there the sense that life is in any way easy These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward."
stephen dobyns
New York Times Book Review
"One would have to reach back perhaps to... Tovább

Fülszöveg

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 poet's first eight books.
"One of the astonishing aspects of Oliver's work is the consistency of tone over this long period. What changes is an increased focus on nature and an increased precision with language that has made her one of our very best poets There is no complaint in Ms. Oliver's poetry, no whining, but neither is there the sense that life is in any way easy These poems sustain us rather than divert us. Although few poets have fewer human beings in their poems than Mary Oliver, it is ironic that few poets also go so far to help us forward."
stephen dobyns
New York Times Book Review
"One would have to reach back perhaps to [John] Clare or [Christopher] Smart to safely cite a parallel to Oliver's lyricism or radical purification and her unappeasable mania for signs and wonders."
david barber
"I have always thought of poems as my companions—and like companions, they accompany you wherever the journey (or the afternoon) might lead . My most recent companion has been Mary Oliver's The Leaf and the Cloud It's a brilliant meditation, a walk through the natural world with one of our preeminent contemporary poets."
rita dove Washington Post
MARY OLIVER. winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Owls and Other Fantasies, House of Light, DreamWork, 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 Province town, Massachusetts.
Cover design: Sara Eiscnmah Cover photograph: Molli Malohe Cook Vissza