{"product_id":"dog-songs-isbn-9781594204784","title":"Dog Songs","description":"\u003cb\u003e“The popularity of [\u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e] feels as inevitable and welcome as a wagging tail upon homecoming.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Oliver’s \u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poet’s relationships to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. Oliver’s poems begin in the small everyday moments familiar to all dog lovers, but through her extraordinary vision, these observations become higher meditations on the world and our place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e includes visits with old friends, like Oliver’s beloved Percy, and introduces still others in poems of love and laughter, heartbreak and grief. Throughout this inspiring and accessible poetry collection, the many dogs of Oliver’s life merge as fellow travelers and as guides, uniquely able to open our eyes to the lessons of the moment and the joys of nature and connection.“\u003ci\u003eDog Songs . . .\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweet golden retriever of a book that curls up with the reader.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Oliver . . . is one of our most adored poets, and a longtime lover of dogs. The popularity of \u003ci\u003e[Dog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e] feels as inevitable and welcome as a wagging tail upon homecoming.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mary Oliver is a canine lover par excellence. Her combo of woman’s best friend and poetry is utterly irresistible.” —\u003cb\u003eOprah.com\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mary Oliver’s \u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e is, plainly put, a lovely and accessible book of poems.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rumpu\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Oliver’s capacity for simple ecstasy in response to the natural world remains. The new \u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e turns . . . material about canines into something meaningful.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime Out\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The set of poems all feature dogs, a species much beloved by the poet; she writes of her canine companions with as much awe and reverence as she does other miraculous beasts and natural phenomena. They read as embodiments of the natural order, comprehending the cycle of life and death in ways no human can.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBust Magazine \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDog Songs\u003c\/i\u003e collects her most soul-stirring poems and short prose celebrating that special human-canine relationship and what it reveals about the meaning of our own lives—a beautiful manifestation of Oliver’s singular sieve for extracting from the particularities of the poetic subject the philosophical universalities of the human condition to illuminate what it means to live a good life, a full life, a life of purpose and presence.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrain Pickings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“The collection invites us to linger awhile in the pure happiness Oliver feels toward dogs, most notably, her beloved dog Percy . . . For Oliver, nature is our teacher and dogs some of the best professors.” —\u003cb\u003eBookish, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Houston Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Renowned for her love of nature, Ms. Oliver writes exquisite, lyrical poems that . . . remind the reader of how much there is to love in this world. Nowhere is this love more evident than in Oliver’s latest collection, \u003ci\u003eDog Songs . . . \u003c\/i\u003eThese poems will make you smile, laugh, cry and nod your head in delighted agreement.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBorn in a small town in Ohio, \u003cb\u003eMary Oliver\u003c\/b\u003e published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Primitive\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. She died in 2019.\u003cp\u003eFIRST TIME PERCY CAME BACK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first time Percy came back\u003cbr\u003ehe was not sailing on a cloud.\u003cbr\u003eHe was loping along the sand as though\u003cbr\u003ehe had come a great way.\u003cbr\u003e“Percy,” I cried out, and reached to him—\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethose white curls—\u003cbr\u003ebut he was unreachable. As music\u003cbr\u003eis present yet you can’t touch it.\u003cbr\u003e“Yes, it’s all different,” he said.\u003cbr\u003e“You’re going to be very surprised.”\u003cbr\u003eBut I wasn’t thinking of that. I only\u003cbr\u003ewanted to hold him. “Listen,” he said.\u003cbr\u003e“I miss that too.\u003cbr\u003eAnd now you’ll be telling stories\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof my coming back\u003cbr\u003eand they won’t be false, and they won’t be true,\u003cbr\u003ebut they’ll be real.”\u003cbr\u003eAnd. then, as he used to, he said, “Let’s go!”\u003cbr\u003eAnd we walked down the beach together.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299739259109,"sku":"NP9781594204784","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781594204784.jpg?v=1767725475","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/dog-songs-isbn-9781594204784","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}