One of the Top Ten Books of the Year according to O, The Oprah Magazine The popular book of articles by renowned poet Mary Oliver in the New York Times. Given how emotionally powerful Oliver's language is, there is rarely a page in my copy of Upstream that hasn't been folded down, underlined, or somehow marked up. Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air on NPR This jewel of a compilation, which brings together articles from Oliver's past books and other places, provides a powerful synthesis of the poet's ideas on the natural, spiritual, and artistic realms. New York Times "At first, I barely lived because I was so young and unrecognisable to myself. I had to venture out into the world to observe, hear, and respond to it.