Mary Oliver — Listening to the World

On Being : Mary Oliver — Listening to the World Image
On Being : Mary Oliver — Listening to the World Image

Mary Oliver — Listening to the World

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Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She’s just released a new volume, Felicity, at the age of 80. And so we’re revisiting the interview she granted us earlier this year on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.