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# Upstream: Selected Essays

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Review: Absolutely lovely; wise, heartfelt. A book to cherish, savor and read again and again. - Beautifully written, we are invited to walk with Mary Oliver through her beloved landscapes - and as we do, these landscapes become our own, and our eyes and hearts open more to our own surroundings and the beauty in it, large and small. Also filled with specific writing moments to be inspired by - I just had to include this in my library and already think of it as a dear beloved friend, a fellow traveller on this journey that is life.
Review: A fantastic review of wilderness, akin to Thoreau, from one of this century's greatest poets - From her reflections on walks in the woods to incredible illuminations of her favorite authors, Oliver's collected essays of Upstream offer a writing for everyone. "The best use of literature bends not toward the narrow and the absolute," she says, "But to the extravagant and the possible. Answers are no part of it; rather, it is the opinions, the rhapsodic persuasions, the engrafted logics, the clues that are to the mind of the reader the possible keys to his own self-quarrels, his own predicament" (69). A poetic description of reading if ever I've read one. She continues in the same paragraph, of Emerson: "The one thing he is adamant about is that we should look [at things for ourselves]--we must look--for that is the liquor of life, that brooding upon issues, that attention to thought even as we weed the garden or milk the cow" (69). Observations like the one above abound in Oliver's work, and I would put her nature reflections on par with Emerson or Thoreau, though not as earth-shattering (pun intended) as their writings were for their time. As she says in her writing "Let me be who I am, and then some," she certainly offers who she is, and then some. I, as her reader, am thankful for the experience. Extra note: She once built a small house in her back yard for $3.58 using scrap lumber and found materials. I find this incredibly inspiring.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #17,693 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #8 in American Fiction Anthologies #32 in Essays (Books) #103 in Nature & Ecology (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,475) |
| Dimensions  | 4.9 x 0.59 x 7.7 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0143130080 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0143130086 |
| Item Weight  | 6.4 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 192 pages |
| Publication date  | October 29, 2019 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Books |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely lovely; wise, heartfelt. A book to cherish, savor and read again and again.
*by M***Y on March 20, 2024*

Beautifully written, we are invited to walk with Mary Oliver through her beloved landscapes - and as we do, these landscapes become our own, and our eyes and hearts open more to our own surroundings and the beauty in it, large and small. Also filled with specific writing moments to be inspired by - I just had to include this in my library and already think of it as a dear beloved friend, a fellow traveller on this journey that is life.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fantastic review of wilderness, akin to Thoreau, from one of this century's greatest poets
*by M***Y on January 4, 2017*

From her reflections on walks in the woods to incredible illuminations of her favorite authors, Oliver's collected essays of Upstream offer a writing for everyone. "The best use of literature bends not toward the narrow and the absolute," she says, "But to the extravagant and the possible. Answers are no part of it; rather, it is the opinions, the rhapsodic persuasions, the engrafted logics, the clues that are to the mind of the reader the possible keys to his own self-quarrels, his own predicament" (69). A poetic description of reading if ever I've read one. She continues in the same paragraph, of Emerson: "The one thing he is adamant about is that we should look [at things for ourselves]--we must look--for that is the liquor of life, that brooding upon issues, that attention to thought even as we weed the garden or milk the cow" (69). Observations like the one above abound in Oliver's work, and I would put her nature reflections on par with Emerson or Thoreau, though not as earth-shattering (pun intended) as their writings were for their time. As she says in her writing "Let me be who I am, and then some," she certainly offers who she is, and then some. I, as her reader, am thankful for the experience. Extra note: She once built a small house in her back yard for $3.58 using scrap lumber and found materials. I find this incredibly inspiring.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Inspiring
*by V***E on March 31, 2021*

A beautiful collection of Mary Oliver's essays, that can be read in just a few hours, or savored slowly over a period of weeks. The writing of course is beautiful, the descriptions riveting. One feels a kind heart and a tormented soul jockeying for position in almost all the essays. Nature a boon, but the understanding of it as also indifferent to individual lives...the classic terrain of the poet. A lovely gift for anyone who reads and enjoys poetry, or for someone who might one day...This book should inspire.

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