Devotions: Selected Poems of Mary Oliver
POETRY BOOK SOCIETY SPECIAL COMMENDATION AUTUMN 2023
Leonard Nolens Her poems belong to an

Her poems belong to an urban world of cafés

captured in the moment

Anthony Wilson’s sixth collection

all while balancing rich language with an exacting formal control

Devotions: Selected Poems of Mary Oliver<br><b>POETRY BOOK SOCIETY SPECIAL COMMENDATION AUTUMN 2023</b><br> Leonard Nolens Her poems belong to an'No matter where one starts reading, Devotions offers much to love, from Oliver's exuberant dog poems to selections from the Pulitzer Prize winning American Primitive, and Dream Work, one of her exceptional collections. Perhaps more important, the luminous writing provides respite from our crazy world and demonstrates how mindfulness can define and transform a life, moment by moment, poem by poem' The Washington Post 'It's as if the poet herself has