Book Chat With Pat | Poetry Thursday: Mary Oliver @BookChatWithPat8668 | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
In this video, I discuss the life and poetry of the great American poet, Mary Oliver.

Poems read:
"In Blackwater Woods"
"Wild Geese"
"The Summer Day"

Mary Oliver Books used in this presentation:

American Primitive. NY: Back Bay Books, 1983.
House of Light. Boston: Beacon Press, 1990.
New and Selected Poems, Volume One. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992.
A Poetry Handbook. NY: Ecco/Harper Collins, 1994.
Thirst. Boston: Beacon Press, 2006.
Upstream: Selected Essays. NY: Penguin, 2016.
Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver. NY: Penguin Press, 2017.

Other Mary Oliver collections that I have:
Dog Songs. NY: Penguin Press, 2013.
Blue Horses. NY: Penguin Press, 2014.

Other Sources Consulted:
Maureen Corrigan. "Mary Oliver Issues Full-Throated Spiritual Autobiography in UPSTREAM" Book Review on "Fresh Air," NPR. Oct. 18, 2016.

Franklin, Ruth. "What Mary Oliver's Critics Don't Understand." The New Yorker. Nov. 20, 2017.

Tippett, Krista. "Mary Oliver: 'I got saved by the beauty of the world.' Interview. On Being with Krista Tippett. NPR. Feb. 15, 2015.

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