Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

“Her poetry is my favorite to read while I drink my coffee. The documentary out now on her is also worth a watch. I’ve been reading selected poems to my daughter. The line “You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it love,” is tattooed on my brain.”

“Simply the best and perfect for the soul.”

“No other poetry book has filled me with more hope”

“Mary Oliver captures the beauty of nature and the raw feeling of being human.”

“announcing your place in the family of things”