Mary Oliver Reading Her Poems

The Beacon Press YouTube Channel has a playlist of Mary Oliver (and a couple of her famous admirers) reading her poems. Hear her reading “Wild Geese,” “The Summer Day,” “Sunflowers” and more!

Photographs

– Molly Malone Cook and Mary Oliver. Photo by Barbara Savage Cheresh, from Our World (Beacon Press, 2007).

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Praise

“Mary Oliver moves by instinct, faith, and determination. She is among our finest poets, and still growing.”

—Alicia Ostriker, The Nation

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Mary Oliver

Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award Winning Poet

Mary Oliver Reading Her Poems

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Praise