If I've done my work well, I vanish completely from the scene. I believe it is invasive of the work when you know too much about the writer. - Mary Oliver - Mary Oliver was born and raised in Maple Hills Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. She would retreat from the austere home to the nearby forest, where she would build huts of sticks and grass and write poetry. Mary Oliver Oliver's poetry is firmly rooted in tradition of place and romantic nature, and emphasizes the silence of nature. Her fifth book, American Primitive (1983), won the Pulitzer Prize and won numerous awards including the National Book Award and the Lannon Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement. In 1986, she was named one of America's Best Poets. ...
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