Books by Mary Oliver

In her collection Dog Songs, Pulitzer prize-winning poet Mary Oliver celebrates of the unique bond between human and dog. Published for the first time in the UK, this is an essential gift for dog lovers of all ages.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver celebrates morning, in a collection published for the first time in the UK, along with selected backlist.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver celebrates the beauty of nature, in a collection published for the first time in the UK, along with selected backlist.

WhenNew and Selected Poems, Volume Onewas originally published in 1992, Mary Oliver was awarded the National Book Award. In the fourteen years since its initial appearance it has become one of the best-selling volumes of poetry in the country. This collection features thirty poems published only in this volume as well as selections from the poet's first eight books.Mary Oliver's perceptive, brilliantly crafted poems about the natural landscape and the fundamental questions of life and death have won high praise from critics and readers alike. "e;Do you love this world?"e; she interrupts a poem about peonies to ask the reader. "e;Do you cherish your humble and silky life?"e; She makes us see the extraordinary in our everyday lives, how something as common as light can be "e;an invitation/to happiness,/and that happiness,/when it's done right,/is a kind of holiness,/palpable and redemptive."e; She illuminates how a near miss with an alligator can be the catalyst for seeing the world "e;as if for the second time/the way it really is."e; Oliver's passionate demonstrations of delight are powerful reminders of the bond between every individual, all living things, and the natural world.

This is the remarkable true story of the Marriage Bureau; its successes, its rare failures and its many clients, told with wit and honesty.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver celebrates love, life and beauty in a collection published for the first time in the UK, along with selected backlist.

Now in paperback: From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the best-selling book-length poem selected for the Best American Poetry annual in both 1999 and 2000.

Dream Work, a collection of forty-five poems, follows both chronologically and logically Mary Oliver’s American Primitive, which won her the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1983. The depth and diversity of perceptual awareness — so steadfast and radiant in American Primitive — continues in Dream Work. Additionally, she has turned her attention in these poems to the solitary and difficult labors of the spirit — to accepting the truth about one’s personal world, and to valuing the triumphs while transcending the failures of human relationships.