Introspective journey through nature, poetry, and self.
If you're drawn to the mesh of the natural world with the human experience, Mary Oliver's "Upstream" offers a tranquil yet profound exploration. It isn't just about consuming her words; it's about letting them flow over you as you wander through your own internal wilderness. Her essays are invitations to meditate alongside her on beauty, creativity, and life's deepest questions. Oliver guides you to look inward and onward, stirring a desire to engage deeply with the world around you.
ISBN: 9780143130086
Authors:
Mary Oliver
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2019-10-29
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.17
(rated by 18477 readers)
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"I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be."So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which revered poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of the natural world and the world of literature. Emphasizing the significance of her childhood "friend" Walt Whitman, who inspired her to vanish into the world of her own writing, Oliver meditates on the forces that allowed her to create a life for herself out of work and love. Throughout this collection, Oliver positions not just herself upstream but us as well—as she encourages us all to keep moving, to lose ourselves in the awe of the unknown, and to give power and time to the creative and whimsical urges that live within us.
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