The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from a celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning poet In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life's work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts.
About the Author: Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28.
96 Pages
Poetry, American

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About the Book

In this collection of poems the author returns to the imagery that has come to define her life's work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. In these pages, she shares the wonder of dawn, the grace of animals, and the transformative power of attention. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her adored dog, Percy, she is ever patient in her observations and open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments. A chronicler of physical landscape, she opens our eyes to the nature within, to its wild and its quiet. With clarity, humor, and kindness these poems explore the mysteries of our daily experience.

Book Synopsis

The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from a celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning poet

In A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her life's work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Whether studying the leaves of a tree or mourning her treasured dog Percy, Oliver is open to the teachings contained in the smallest of moments and explores with startling clarity, humor, and kindness the mysteries of our daily experience.

Review Quotes

"Her compact poems are conversational and teasing, yet their taproots reach deeply into the aquifers of religion, philosophy, and literature . . . Oliver is funny and renegade as she protests cultural vapidity, greed, violence, and environmental decimation and ravishing in her close readings of nature." --Booklist

"If you're one of the many, many fans of National Book Award- and Pulitzer-winning poet Mary Oliver, you'll very much welcome A Thousand Mornings." --Shelf Awareness

About the Author

Born 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, American Primitive, 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. She died in 2019.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 4.9 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)

Weight: .2 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 96

Genre: Poetry

Sub-Genre: American

Publisher: Penguin Books

Theme: General

Format: Paperback

Author: Mary Oliver

Language: English

Street Date: September 24, 2013

TCIN: 53755349

UPC: 9780143124054

Item Number (DPCI): 248-00-7225

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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