Dog Songs: Poems (First Edition)

Oliver, Mary

ISBN 10: 1594204780 / ISBN 13: 9781594204784

Published by Penguin Press, New York, 2013

About this Item

Penguin, New York, 2013. First edition. First printing (with full number line including the 1). Hardbound. Fine in a near-fine jacket. A clean tight copy, with price ($26.95) intact on front jacket flap. Note: scuff to rear jacket cover, showing white beneath. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Seller Inventory # Poetry-Office-2021-2

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dog Songs: Poems (First Edition)

Publisher: Penguin Press, New York

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

“The popularity of [Dog Songs] feels as inevitable and welcome as a wagging tail upon homecoming.” —The Boston Globe
 
Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs 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.

Dog Songs includes visits with old friends, like Oliver’s beloved Percy, and introduces still others in poems of love and laughter, heartbreak and grief. Throughout, 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. 

About the Author:

Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver 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, American Primitive, 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.