Ben Faber
Ben Faber (D.Phil., Oxford) teaches English literature at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, Ontario. His main research interests are in the early-modern period (c.1600-1800), with a special focus on John Milton, but he also likes to explore issues in classical and contemporary literary theory. He lives in Hamilton with his wife, Rita, and their five children.
Bio last updated January 28th, 2019.
Articles by Ben Faber
Observing the Everywhere
By Ben Faber
January 28, 2019
The mid-January death of beloved American poet Mary Oliver prompted an outpouring of joy at her work and mourning her loss. But, says Redeemer University College’s Ben Faber, it should renew in readers the spirit in which she wrote: patient attention to creation’s mysteries.
No contemporary writer better exemplifies this dual outcome—learning to read and to regard words and world responsibly—than Mary Oliver It is equally true of each of the poems in the seven-part The Leaf and the Cloud as it is of the rest of Oliver’s work: she shows us what to see, how to see it, and why seeing transforms us “The world, without us, is the real poem