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OLIVER, Mary.

American Primitive.

Boston: Back Bay Books , 1983.

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First edition, later printing of the poet's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection. Octavo, illustrated wrappers. Signed by the author on the title page. Small remainder mark to the top edge, else fine in wrappers.
Mary Oliver was described by The New York Times as "far and away, [America's] best-selling poet." She has won both the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. Oliver's poetry has been called an "indefatigable guide to the natural world, particularly to its lesser-known aspects" (Kumin, 1993). "Visionary as Emerson [ she is] among the few American poets who can describe and transmit ecstasy, while retaining a practical awareness of the world as one of predators and prey," reviewed The Nation. Holly Prado of Los Angeles Times Book Review noted that Oliver's work "touches a vitality in the familiar that invests it with a fresh intensity."
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