Description
"Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that's what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook."--Los Angeles Times
From the beloved, legendary poet, the ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry.
With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise from her long, celebrated career as a disguised poet. She walks readers through exactly how a poem is built, from meter and rhyme, to form and diction, to sound and sense, drawing on poems by Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others. This handbook is an invaluable glimpse into Oliver's prolific mind--a must-have for all poetry-lovers.
Product Details
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Publish Date | March 19, 2024 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  CD-Audio |
| EAN/UPC | 9798874715793 |
| Dimensions | 6.7 X 5.3 X 0.6 inches | 0.1 pounds |
About the Author
Mary Oliver (1935-2019), private person by nature, gave very few interviews over the years. Instead, she preferred to let her work speak for itself. And it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, she received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her fourth book, American Primitive. She also received the Shelley Memorial Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award, the Christopher Award, the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award, the National Book Award, a Lannan Foundation Literary Award, and the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence.
Kimberly Farr is an actress and winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards for narration. She has appeared on Broadway and at the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Roundabout Theatre, Playwright's Horizons, and the American Place.
Reviews
"[A] stunning little handbook."
-- "Los Angeles Times""Provides an excellent handbook for young poets on the formal aspects and structure of poetry."
-- "Library Journal""What could have been a dry account is infused throughout with Oliver's passion for her subject...One comes away from this volume feeling both empowered and daunted."
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