House of Light

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” —Mary Oliver “The Summer Day” ( House of Light ) Mary Oliver’s words guide us, with solace and empathy, across the rocky terrain of human existence. In House of Light , which was originally published in 1990, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet offers us an opportunity to transcend ordinary life into a realm of natural wonder. Oliver investigates themes on “how to love this world" and to live “as though time didn’t exist” in