rhaines46 's review for:

Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver

5.0

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so good!! first part in particular was exactly the sort of thing that made me fall in love with Annie Dillard's writing. I like when someone who I can tell is a genius tells me about a cool bug they saw or a nice walk they went on, and how it made them think about infinitude, the meaning of life, etc. Specifically when they tell me about it in a way that is so beautiful and evocative and sometimes just a bit over my head.

I also really liked the essays on work and on literature