Many Miles

by OLIVER, MARYOLIVER, MARY

• ISBN13: 9780807068953
• ISBN10: 0807068950
• Format: CD
• Copyright: 2010-04-01
• Publisher: Beacon Press

Summary

Following the success ofAt Blackwater Pond(Beacon / 0700-6 / $19.95), this second CD from best-selling poet Mary Oliver contains a selection of thirty-seven previously published poems and four as yet uncollected, read by the poet in her steady, magnetic voice. Oliver recites from the full range of her poetryfrom her classic nature writing, to her verses for her mischievous bichon Percy, to her ever-deepening spiritual poems. The CD comes in a handsome full-cloth package that includes a booklet with an introductory essay by the poet on the magical dynamic between speaker and listener, a table of contents, text of the title poem, and a photo of the poet.Many Mileswill be a most welcome addition to the collections of her readers.

Author Biography

Mary Oliver, winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, was acknowledged by the New York Times Book Review in 2007 as "far and away, this country’s best-selling poet." She was recently awarded honorary doctorates by Dartmouth and Tufts universities. Her nineteen books of poetry include Evidence (Beacon / 6898-4 / $23.00 hc), The Truro Bear and Other Adventures (Beacon / 6885-4 / $14.00 pb), Red Bird (Beacon / 6893-9 / $14.00 pb), and Thirst (Beacon / 6897-7 / $14.00 pb). Oliver lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts.