New and Selected Poems: Volume One
Boston: Beacon Press, (2006). SIGNED on the title page in the presence of this bookseller after a reading. When New and Selected Poems, Volume One was originally published in 1992, Oliver was awarded the National Book Award. In the fourteen years since its initial appearance, it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume as well as selections from the poet's first eight books. Mary Oliver's perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and readers alike. Oliver's passionate demonstrations of delight are powerful reminders of the bond between every individual, all living things, and the natural world. Contains the beloved poems "The Journey" and "Wild Geese". Ms. Oliver has won multiple awards for her poetry, including a Pulitzer. She died in 2019.
ISBN: 9780807068779
6 x 9". 255 pp. 9780807068779. Tiny bumps to tips of covers, a light fold to ffep, two darkened areas on top edge, else Near Fine in soft pictorial cover with a very scarce signature.
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$650.00