House of Light
Mary OliverMore than 10 items in stock at supplier
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House of Light
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.
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver, “The Summer Day” (one of the poems in this volume)
Winner of a 1991 Christopher Award
Winner of the 1991 Boston Globe Lawrence L. Winship Book Award
About the author
Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she has received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1984. She has led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. Oliver currently lives in Florida.
Item number | 34476047 |
Publisher | Penguin Random House |
Category | Other literature |
Manufacturer no. | 9780807068113 |
Release date | 17.5.2023 |
Author | Mary Oliver |
Year | 1992 |
Number of pages | 96 |
Book cover | Paperback |
Year | 1992 |
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Height | 215.90 mm |
Width | 139.70 mm |