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About Mary Oliver

Mary Jane Oliver (September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019) was an American poet who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. She found inspiration for her work in nature and had a lifelong habit of solitary walks in the wild. Her poetry is characterized by wonderment at the natural environment, vivid imagery, spirituality, and unadorned language. Oliver is one of the best-selling poets in American history.

Mary Oliver writes about Poetry (poetic works by one author), Poetry, American poetry, Women authors, Collected works (single author, multi-form), and New York Times bestseller. Their best-known work is Poems.

On FindMyTBR we track 24 books by Mary Oliver, 12 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including A Poetry Handbook, A Rare Recording of Mary Oliver Reading Her Own Poetry, and At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver (Unabridged). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.