New and Selected Poems

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New and Selected Poems (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

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Mary Oliver is one of those rare contemporary American poets for whom unapologetic and authentic exuberance about her surroundings infuses a lifetime of poems—poems that are, like the poet, “washed and washed/ in the river/ of earthly delight” (“Poppies”). Her New and Selected Poems, which received the National Book Award for poetry in 1992, offers a chance to examine her work as it evolves toward a recognition that she is unified with the world around her, that the wellspring of her joy is a singular voice that speaks from reflections on self and from perceptions of...

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