The Truro Bear and Other Adventures

"The Truro Bear and Other Adventures," a companion volume to "Owls and Other Fantasies" and "Blue Iris," brings together ten new poems, thirty-five of Oliver's classic poems, and two essays all about mammals, insects, and reptiles. The award-winning poet considers beasts of all kinds: bears, snakes, spiders, porcupines, humpback whales, hermit crabs, and, of course, her beloved but disobedient little dog, Percy.