But literature, the best of it, does not aim to be literature. It wants and strives, beyond that artifact part of itself, to be a true part of the co… - Mary Oliver
" "But literature, the best of it, does not aim to be literature. It wants and strives, beyond that artifact part of itself, to be a true part of the composite human record — that is, not words but a reality.
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About Mary Oliver
Mary Jane Oliver (10 September 1935 – 17 January 2019) was an American poet who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.
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