A thousand mornings : [poems] / Mary Oliver.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594204772 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781594204777 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781594204777 :
- ISBN: 1594204772 :
- Physical Description: 82 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Subtitle from jacket. |
Summary, etc.: | In A THOUSAND MORNINGS, Mary Oliver returns to the imagery that has come to define her lifes work, transporting us to the marshland and coastline of her beloved home, Provincetown, Massachusetts. In these pages, Oliver 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. |
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Subject: | Nature > Poetry. American poetry > Women authors. American poetry > 21st century. Provincetown (Mass.) > Poetry. |
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Union Free Public Library | 811.54 OLI (Text) | 34913148440302 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
A Thousand Mornings
Mary Oliver was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 10, 1935. She attended Ohio State University and Vassar College, but did not receive a degree. Her first collection of poems, No Voyage and Other Poems, was published in 1963. She wrote more than 20 volumes of poetry including The River Styx, Ohio; The Leaf and the Cloud; Evidence; Blue Horses; and Felicity. She received several awards including the Pulitzer Prize for American Primitive, the Christopher Award and the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award for House of Light, and the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems. Her books of prose include A Poetry Handbook, Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse, and Long Life: Essays and Other Writings. She held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching at Bennington College from 1995 to 2001. She died on January 17, 2019 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography)