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House of Light

by Mary Oliver

ISBN13: 9780807068113
ISBN10: 080706811x
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Winner of a 1991 Christopher Award

Winner of the 1991 Boston Globe Lawrence L. Winship Book Award

This collection of poems by Mary Oliver once again invites the reader to step across the threshold of ordinary life into a world of natural and spiritual luminosity.

"Oliver's poems are thoroughly convincing—as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring." -The New York Times Book Review

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This new collection of poems by Mary Oliver, who received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1984, once again invites the reader to step across the threshold of ordinary life, fraught with common hardship and endless doubt, into a world of natural and spiritual luminosity.

About the Author

Mary Oliver is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. Her books include Red Bird; Our World; Thirst; Blue Iris; New and Selected Poems, Volume One; and New and Selected Poems, Volume Two. She has also published five books of prose, including Rules for the Dance and, most recently, Long Life. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

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: crowyhead, October 11, 2007 (view all comments by crowyhead)
I love Mary Oliver, and this book contains many luminous poems that take nature as their starting point, but move on to something deeper than simply describing the beauty of the natural world.

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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780807068113
Author:: Oliver, Mary
Publisher:: Beacon Press (MA)
Location:: Boston :
Subject:: General
Subject:: Inspirational
Subject:: American
Subject:: American - General
Subject:: Spirituality
Subject:: Inspirational and devotional works
Subject:: General Biography
Edition Description:: Trade paper
Series Volume:: 9264
Publication Date:: April 1992
Binding:: Paperback
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: viii, 80 p.
Dimensions:: 852x546x32 29

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