Mary Rose O'Reilley
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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.