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American Primitive

Mary Oliver

Reader Score

87%

87% of readers

recommend this book

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Mary Oliver's most acclaimed volume of poetry, American Primitive contains fifty visionary poems about nature, the humanity in love, and the wilderness of America, both within our bodies and outside.
"American Primitive enchants me with the purity of its lyric voice, the loving freshness of its perceptions, and the singular glow of a spiritual life brightening the pages." -- Stanley Kunitz
"These poems are natural growths out of a loam of perception and feeling, and instinctive skill with language makes them seem effortless. Reading them is a sensual delight." -- May Swenson

Book Details

  • Publisher: Back Bay Books
  • Publish Date: Apr 30th, 1983
  • Pages: 88
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.40in - 0.30in - 0.25lb
  • EAN: 9780316650045
  • Categories: American - GeneralSubjects & Themes - Animals & NatureWomen Authors

Praise for this book

"Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations. American Primitive enchants me with the purity of its lyric voice, the loving freshness of its perceptions, and the singular glow of a spiritual life brightening the pages"--Stanley Kunitz
"Far beneath the surface-flash of linguistic effect, Mary Oliver works her quiet and mysterious spell. It is a true spell, unlike any other poet's, the enchantment of the true maker."--James Dickey
"These poems are natural growths out of a loam of perception and feeling, and instinctive skill with language makes them seem effortless. Reading them is a sensual delight."--May Swenson