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woman writer at risk." In her article "The
Language of Nature in the Poetry of Mary Oliver", Diane S. Bond writes, "few feminists have wholeheartedly appreciated Oliver's work, and though some critics have read her poems as revolutionary reconstructions of the female subject, others remain skeptical that identification with nature can empower women." In
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a book of Cook's photos and journal excerpts Oliver compiled after Cook's death, Oliver writes, "I took one look and fell, hook and tumble." Cook was Oliver's literary agent. They made their home largely in
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Rules for the Dance: A Handbook for Writing and Reading Metrical Verse
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American Environmental Leaders: From Colonial Times to the Present
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in the mid-1950s but did not receive a degree at either college.
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Appletree Alley, limited edition with woodcuts by Barnard Taylor
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The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver Penguin Press (New York, NY)
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910:At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver
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866:Blue Iris: Poems and Essays
851:Why I Wake Early: New Poems
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1128:Upstream: Selected Essays
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565:Art Institute of Boston
454:Women's Review of Books
194:Edna St. Vincent Millay
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1599:"Mary Oliver obituary"
805:The Leaf and the Cloud
726:New and Selected Poems
651:Sleeping in the Forest
600:Goodreads Choice Award
552:New and Selected Poems
515:Shelley Memorial Award
280:New and Selected Poems
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558:Lannan Literary Award
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190:Interlochen Arts Camp
186:Interlochen, Michigan
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602:for Best Poetry for
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381:Percy Bysshe Shelley
320:Best American Essays
314:Best American Essays
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1002:A Thousand Mornings
604:A Thousand Mornings
377:Ralph Waldo Emerson
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245:Sweet Briar College
241:Bucknell University
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138:National Book Award
110:National Book Award
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1963:Robert Penn Warren
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672:American Primitive
644:The Night Traveler
616:Poetry collections
575:Harvard University
532:American Primitive
482:American Primitive
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353:American Primitive
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253:Bennington College
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1089:978-0-15-672400-5
1080:A Poetry Handbook
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1038:978-1-59420-479-1
1024:978-1-59420-478-4
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