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"""Mary Oliver would probably never admit to anything so grandiose as an effort to connect the conscious mind and the heart (that's what she says poetry can do), but that is exactly what she accomplishes in this stunning little handbook.""--Los Angeles Times From the beloved, legendary poet, the ultimate guide to writing and understanding poetry. With passion and wit, Mary Oliver skillfully imparts expertise from her long, celebrated career as a disguised poet. She walks readers through exactly how a poem is built, from meter and rhyme, to form and diction, to sound and sense, drawing on poems by Robert Frost, Elizabeth Bishop, and others. This handbook is an invaluable glimpse into Oliver's prolific mind--a must-have for all poetry-lovers."

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"""[A] stunning little handbook."" -- ""Los Angeles Times"" ""Provides an excellent handbook for young poets on the formal aspects and structure of poetry."" -- ""Library Journal"" ""What could have been a dry account is infused throughout with Oliver's passion for her subject...One comes away from this volume feeling both empowered and daunted."" -- ""Amazon.com"""

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"Mary Oliver (1935-2019), an American poet, was a winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, she received numerous awards. Kimberly Farr began her acting career on television in Los Angeles. From there she moved on to theater in New York, where she appeared on and off-Broadway, including work at Circle in the Square, the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Roundabout, Playwright's Horizons, and the American Place. She created the role of ""Eve"" in Arthur Miller's first and only musical, Up From Paradise, which was directed by the author. She appeared as Vanessa Redgrave's step-daughter in the Broadway production of Ibsen's The Lady From the Sea, directed by Tony Richardson. She has also acted in regional theaters, including a stint in the original production of The 1940s Radio Hour at Washington DC's Arena Stage, and a revival of Accent on Youth, with Kathleen Quinlan at The Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut. Ms. Farr also has many television appearances to her credit, including a guest starring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation and a season on her own CBS series, Live-In. Her feature film credits include the classic Missing, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. She is an award-winning audiobook narrator and has recorded over 100 titles, including books by Joan Didion, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, Ann Tyler, Joseph J. Ellis, Ken Burns, Margaret Atwood, and Nora Roberts. Among her favorite titles was The Murderer's Ape, by Jakob Wegelius; the main character is a female gorilla named Sally Jones!"

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