Mary Rose O'Reilley

Color photograph of author Mary Rose O'Reilley
Mary Rose O’Reilley is the author of five books of essays, most recently The Love of Impermanent Things: A Threshold Ecology (Milkweed, 2006), and one book of poetry, Half Wild (LSU Press, 2006). She lives in Minnesota where she studies music, functional pottery, and various aspects of sustainable agriculture.