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I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So begins \u003ci\u003eUpstream\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays in which revered\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003epoet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood \"friend\" Walt Whitman, through whose work she first understood that a poem is a temple, \"a place to enter, and in which to feel,\" and who encouraged her to vanish into the world of her writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love. As she writes, \"I could not be a poet without the natural world. Someone else could. But not me. For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eUpstream \u003c\/i\u003efollows Oliver as she contemplates the pleasure of artistic labor, her boundless curiosity for the flora and fauna that surround her, and the responsibility she has inherited from Shelley, Wordsworth, Emerson, Poe, and Frost, the great thinkers and writers of the past, to live thoughtfully, intelligently, and to observe with passion. Throughout this collection, Oliver positions not just herself upstream but us as well as she encourages us all to keep moving, to lose ourselves in the awe of the unknown, and to give power and time to the creative and whimsical urges that live within us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143130086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in a small town in Ohio, \u003cb\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. 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Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She has led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oliver, Mary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45597887463652,"sku":"9780143127819","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780143127819.jpg?v=1777191085"},{"product_id":"owls-and-other-fantasies-poems-and-essays-mary-oliver-paperback","title":"Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays -- Mary Oliver, Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003ePulitzer-prize-winning poet Mary Oliver collects 26 of her poems about the birds that have been such an important part of her life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Within these pages you will find hawks, hummingbirds, and herons; kingfishers, catbirds, and crows; swans, swallows and, of course, the snowy owl, among a dozen others-including ten poems that have never before been collected. She adds two beautifully crafted essays, \"Owls,\" selected for the Best American Essays series, and \"Bird,\" a new essay that will surely take its place among the classics of the genre. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the words of the poet Stanley Kunitz, \"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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For anyone who values poetry and essays, for anyone who cares about birds, \u003ci\u003eOwls and Other Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e will be a treasured gift; for those who love both, it will be essential reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 6.20w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807068755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA private person by nature, \u003cb\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2019) gave very few interviews over the years. Instead, she preferred to let her work speak for itself. And speak it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e recently acknowledged Mary Oliver as \"far and away, this country's best-selling poet.\" Born in a small town in Ohio, Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28; \u003ci\u003eNo Voyage and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, originally printed in the UK by Dent Press, was reissued in the United States in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin. Oliver has since published twenty books of poetry and six books of prose. As a young woman, Oliver studied at Ohio State University and Vassar College, but took no degree. She lived for several years at the home of Edna St. Vincent Millay in upper New York state, companion to the poet's sister Norma Millay. It was there, in the late '50s, that she met photographer Molly Malone Cook. For more than forty years, Cook and Oliver made their home together, largely in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where they lived until Cook's death in 2005. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, Oliver has received numerous awards. Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She has also received the Shelley Memorial Award; a Guggenheim Fellowship; an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award; the Christopher Award and the L.L. Winship\/PEN New England Award for House of Light; the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems; a Lannan Foundation Literary Award; and the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence. Oliver's essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e 1996, 1998, 2001; the Anchor Essay Annual 1998, as well as Orion, Onearth and other periodicals. Oliver was editor of \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e 2009. Oliver's books on the craft of poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Poetry Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRules for the Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, are used widely in writing programs. She is an acclaimed reader and has read in practically every state as well as other countries. She has led workshops at various colleges and universities, and held residencies at Case Western Reserve University, Bucknell University, University of Cincinnati, and Sweet Briar College. From 1995, for five years, she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching at Bennington College. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from The Art Institute of Boston (1998), Dartmouth College (2007) and Tufts University (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oliver, Mary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45907590414564,"sku":"9780807068755","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780807068755.jpg?v=1780507003"},{"product_id":"house-of-light-poems-mary-oliver-paperback","title":"House of Light: Poems -- Mary Oliver, Paperback","description":"\"Tell me, what is it you plan to do\u003cbr\u003ewith your one wild and precious life?\"\u003cbr\u003e--Mary Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\"The Summer Day\" (\u003ci\u003eHouse of Light\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMary Oliver's words guide us, with solace and empathy, across the rocky terrain of human existence. In \u003ci\u003eHouse of Light\u003c\/i\u003e, which was originally published in 1990, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet offers us an opportunity to transcend ordinary life into a realm of natural wonder. Oliver investigates themes on \"how to love this world\" and to live \"as though time didn't exist\" in her poems \"Spring\" and \"The Swan,\" and she awakens within us a renewed sense of awe in \"The Ponds\" \"Still, what I want in my life \/ is to be willing \/ to be dazzled-- \/ to cast aside the weight of facts \/\/ and maybe even \/ to float a little \/ above this difficult world.\" As her words suspend time and space, Oliver encourages us to attune ourselves to the quiet moments of enlightenment that perforate each day. Meditative and soulful, the forty-six poems in this collection honor our collective threads of humanity and our never-ending quest for grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Oliver's poems are thoroughly convincing--as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Oliver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.00w x 0.22d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217061433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. 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Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlease learn more about Mary Oliver at MaryOliver.com or on Instagram @MaryOliverOfficial. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelissa Sweet\u003c\/b\u003e is a celebrated author and illustrator. She has written and illustrated many award-winning children's books, including \u003ci\u003eBalloons Over Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSome Writer! The Story of E. B. White\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a three-time recipient of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Children's Book, as well as a two-time Caldecott Honoree. 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