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NewandSelectedPoems,VolumeOne

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WhenNewandSelectedPoems,VolumeOnewasoriginallypublishedin1992,MaryOliverwasawardedtheNationalBookAward.Inthefourteenyearssinceitsinitialappearanceithasbecomeoneofthebest-sellingvolumesofpoetryinthecountry.Thiscollectionfeaturesthirtypoemspublishedonlyinthisvolumeaswellasselectionsfromthepoet'sfirsteightbooks.MaryOliver'sperceptive,brilliantlycraftedpoemsaboutthenaturallandscapeandthefundamentalquestionsoflifeanddeathhavewonhighpraisefromcriticsandreadersalike."Doyoulovethisworld?"sheinterruptsapoemaboutpeoniestoaskthereader."Doyoucherishyourhumbleandsilkylife?"Shemakesusseetheextraordinaryinoureverydaylives,howsomethingascommonaslightcanbe"aninvitation/tohappiness,/andthathappiness,/whenit'sdoneright,/isakindofholiness,/palpableandredemptive."Sheilluminateshowanearmisswithanalligatorcanbethecatalystforseeingtheworld"asifforthesecondtime/thewayitreallyis."Oliver'spassionatedemonstrationsofdelightarepowerfulremindersofthebondbetweeneveryindividual,alllivingthings,andthenaturalworld.

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