Dream Work

Dream Work

An â€œastonishingâ€ book of poetry from the Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winning author of American Primitive and â€œone of our very best poetsâ€ (Stephen Dobyns,Â The New York Times Book Review).
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Dream Work, a collection of forty-five poems, follows Mary Oliverâ€™s Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry volumeÂ American Primitive. The deep perceptual awareness on display in that collection is all the more radiant and steadfast here.Â With this new collection, Oliver has turned her attention to the solitary and difficult labors of the spiritâ€“to accepting the truth about oneâ€™s personal world, and to valuing the triumphs while transcending the failÂures of human relationships.
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Oliver brings grace and empathy to the painful legacies of history, whether by way of inheritanceâ€“as in her poem about the Holocaustâ€“-or through a glimpse into the realities of presentâ€“as in her poem about an injured boy begging in the streets of Indonesia. And yet, Oliverâ€™s willingness to find light, humanity, and joy continues, deepened by self-awareness, by experience, and by choice.
Country USA
Manufacturer Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2018-11-20
Format Kindle eBook

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