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Upstream: Selected Essays

Mary Oliver

4.07 AVERAGE

annajoyreed93's review

4.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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“Knowledge has entertained me and it has shaped me and it has failed me. Something in me still starves… in my mind now, in any comparison of demonstrated true the and unproven but vivid intuitions, the truths lose.”

lauryn's review

4.5

inspiring reflective

lil1inblue's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

leaf_7's review

4.0

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

harpreeeeet__'s review

5.0

hopeful reflective

enucius11's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing

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Not every essay hit, but the ones that did, hit.

bookswithbrittanica's review

1.0

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1 star

DNF@ 60%

I love Oliver’s poetry, however, with the essay format of this, it just didn’t work for me. I was also quite aghast at some of the stories. She sucked on her nursing cat's nipples??? umm..and then essays later, proceeded to steal turtle eggs AND scramble them up!? I think I’ll stick to her poetry versus her selected essays. These essays were not written to be read one after the other, which also does this a disservice. The cover is gorgeous, but that’s it.

nuvolets's review

4.0

inspiring reflective

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needs to be read aloud

sydreeder's review

5.0

hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

carolinavpinto's review

4.0

lighthearted reflective