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The worst stung heart. After my worst reading year to date: I‘m ready to dive back in to stories and heal my worst-stung heart. #maryoliver #upstream #readingishealing
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Mary Oliver‘s sentences have been refined and polished to high gloss - each rich in thought and image. This gives Upstream a heartiness, despite being a slender volume.
For me the two exceptional essays were Swoon and Bird. The first, a riveting account of a stairwell spider, and the second a joyous adoption of an injured seabird.
#maryoliver #upstream #poetry #essays #penguinpress #penguinrandomhouse
Hanging with my holiday favorites. #hereforthebooks #swingtime #themothers #frantumaglia #gentlemaninmoscow #reputations #upstream #youcanttouchmyhair
