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Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

Current price: $18.99
Long Life: Essays and Other Writings
Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

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Long Life: Essays and Other Writings

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"The gift of Oliver's poetry is that she communicates the beauty she finds in the world and makes it unforgettable" (
Miami Herald
). This has never been truer than in
Long Life
, a luminous collection of seventeen essays and ten poems.
With the grace and precision that are the hallmarks of her work, Oliver shows us how writing "is a way of offering praise to the world" and suggests we see her poems as "little alleluias." Whether describing a goosefish stranded at low tide, the feeling of being baptized by the mist from a whale's blowhole, or the "connection between soul and landscape," Oliver invites readers to find themselves and their experiences at the center of her world. In
she also speaks of poets and writers: Wordsworth's "whirlwind" of "beauty and strangeness"; Hawthorne's "sweet-tempered" side; and Emerson's belief that "a man's inclination, once awakened to it, would be to turn all the heavy sails of his life to a moral purpose."
With consummate craftsmanship, Mary Oliver has created a breathtaking volume sure to add to her reputation as "one of our very best poets" (
New York Times Book Review
).

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