Book Summary and Reviews of House of Light by Mary Oliver

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"Oliver's poems are thoroughly convincing--as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring." —The New York Times Book Review

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Mary Oliver

Mary Oliver (1935–2019), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, is one of the most celebrated and best-selling poets in America. She wrote over 30 volumes of poetry and prose, including Blue Iris, Owls and Other Fantasies, Why I Wake Early, two volumes of New and Selected Poems, and Devotions, as well as two essay collections, Long Life and Upstream.

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