Upstream
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Upstream

by Mary Oliver

2016•Documentary•185 pages

Taste attributes: documentaryanimalsslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthsocial commentary

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Boxlist takeA grounded non-fiction book that is unhurried, emotional and stylish. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

"'In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed. I had to go out into the world and see it and hear it and react to it, before I knew at all who I was, what I was, what I wanted to be.' So begins Upstream, a collection of essays in which beloved poet Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the...

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryAnimalsEmpowerment/personal growthSocial commentary

Subjects

American essaysEssaysNatureLiterary collectionsAmericanLITERARY COLLECTIONS / EssaysNATURE / General

Details

Author
Mary Oliver
Published
2016
Pages
185
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