The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

""I would rather write poems than prose, any day, any place"" writes Mary Oliver ... among prose pieces as various as ""Dog Talk,"" ""Emerson: An... Oliver's seven-part book-length poem takes ...

Maria Meyers's 20-year-old daughter, Pearl, supposedly studying linguistics for a year in Ireland, has chained herself This book collects ... (all but the title piece previously published ...