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<p><p>Thirst, a collection of forty-three new poems from Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Oliver, introduces two new directions in the poet&#8217;s work. Grappling with grief at the death of her beloved partner of over forty years, she strives to experience sorrow as a path to spiritual progress, grief as part of loving and not its end. And within these pages she chronicles for the first time her discovery of faith, without abandoning the love of the physical world that has been a hallmark of her work for four decades. In three stunning long poems, Mary Oliver explores the dimensions and tests the parameters of religious doctrine, asking of being good, for example, &#147;To what purpose? / Hope of Heaven? Not that. But to enter / the other kingdom&#58; grace, and imagination, / and the multiple sympathies&#58; to be as a leaf, a rose, / a dolphin&#133;&#8221;<p>&#147;Mary Oliver moves by instinct, faith, and determination. She is among out finest poets, and still growing.&#8221; &#151;Alicia Ostriker, The Nation<p>&#147;These are life-enhancing and redemptive poems that coax the sublime from the subliminal.&#8221; &#151;Sally Connolly, Poetry <p>&#147;It has always seemed, across her 15

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Author

Mary Oliver

Publisher

Boston: Beacon Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807068977

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Religion

Rating

4.37 / 5 (2,891 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14