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126 N. Marina St., Prescott, AZ 86301 ~ [email protected] ~ 928-863-3232 NATURAL HISTORY BOOK CLUB FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019 @ 9:00AM UPSTREAM Selected Essays by MARY OLIVER “In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. 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, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she has received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1984. She has led workshops and held residences at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. Sadly, we lost this literary treasure in January of this year. Upstream - The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver.
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126N.MarinaSt.,Prescott,[email protected]~928-863-3232
NATURAL HISTORY BOOK CLUB
FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2019 @ 9:00AM
UPSTREAM Selected Essays by MARY OLIVER
“In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. 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, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature. Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she has received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1984. She has led workshops and held residences at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. Sadly, we lost this literary treasure in January of this year.
Upstream - The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet,
Mary Oliver.
