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The Best American Essays 2009

By Mary Oliver, Robert Atwan

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Edited by award-winning poet and essayist Mary Oliver, the latest edition of this “rich and thoughtful collection” (Publishers Weekly) offers the finest essays “judiciously selected from countless publications” (Chicago Tribune).
ISBN: 9780618982721
Imprint: Mariner Books
On Sale: Oct 8, 2009
List price: $18.5
No of pages: 224
Trim Size: 5.500 in (w) x 8.550 in (h) x 0.700 in (d)
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Mary Oliver

Biography

Mary Oliver (1935–2019), one of the most popular and widely honored poets in the U.S., was the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, she received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for American Primitive in 1984. Oliver also received the Shelley Memorial Award; a Guggenheim Fellowship; an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award; the Christopher Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for House of Light; the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems; a Lannan Foundation Literary Award; and the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence. She lived most of her life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Robert Atwan

Biography

ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.

Edited by award-winning poet and essayist Mary Oliver, the latest edition of this “rich and thoughtful collection” (Publishers Weekly) offers the finest essays “judiciously selected from countless publications” (Chicago Tribune).

ISBN: 9780618982721
Imprint: Mariner Books
On Sale: Oct 8, 2009
List price: $18.5
No of pages: 224
Trim Size: 5.500 in (w) x 8.550 in (h) x 0.700 in (d)
BISAC 1: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
BISAC 2: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General
BISAC 3: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:
BISAC 6:

Mary Oliver

Biography

Mary Oliver (1935–2019), one of the most popular and widely honored poets in the U.S., was the author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, she received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for American Primitive in 1984. Oliver also received the Shelley Memorial Award; a Guggenheim Fellowship; an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award; the Christopher Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for House of Light; the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems; a Lannan Foundation Literary Award; and the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence. She lived most of her life in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Robert Atwan

Biography

ROBERT ATWAN has been the series editor of The Best American Essays since its inception in 1986. He has edited numerous literary anthologies and written essays and reviews for periodicals nationwide.