don't listen to it)—even on choosing a restaurant in which to write

And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures

he names that distant

" —Sue Lynn Tan

What My Sons Deserve from Me

Upstream: Selected Essays Jessica Peterson don't listen to it)—even onOne of O, The Oprah Magazines Ten Best Books of the Year The New York Times bestselling collection of essays from beloved poet, Mary Oliver. There's hardly a page in my copy of Upstream that isn't folded down or underlined and scribbled on, so charged is Oliver's language . . . Maureen Corrigan, NPRs Fresh Air Uniting essays from Olivers previous books and elsewhere, this gem of a collection offers a compelling synthesis of the poets thoughts on the