Long Life: Essays and Other Writings
Author: Mary Oliver
Translator: Seung-nam Min
Publisher: Maum Sanchaek
168 pages | 210*135mm
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About This Book
Poets must read and study, but also they must learn to tilt and whisper,
shout, or dance, each in his or her own way, or we might just as well
copy the old books. But, no, that would never do, for always the new
self swimming around in the old world feels itself uniquely verbal. And
that is just the point: how the world, moist and bountiful, calls to
each of us to make a new and serious response. That's the big question,
the one the world throws at you every morning. 'Here you are, alive.
Would you like to make a comment?' This book is my comment.--from the
Foreword.
Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for her
poetry, Oliver also writes exquisitely lucid prose. Here, in her most
generously personal essays to date, she articulates the beliefs,
observations, and inspirations that feed her poetry as she contemplates
the majestic beauty of the earth and its splendid creatures, including
humankind. Oliver ponders death and remembrance, marvels over the
unexpected boon of an old town dump, considers the indelible impression
left by childhood revelations of the power and mystery of nature, and
reveals her literary legacy in a set of sterling tributes to Wordsworth,
Emerson, and Hawthorne. And, finally, this essential American poet
literally brings it all home in a radiant reflection on the crucial
"connection between soul and landscape." Donna Seaman
Mary Oliver is the author of twenty books, including The Leaf and the
Cloud and What Do We Know. Her many accolades include the Pulitzer Prize
and the National Book Award. She lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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