Mary Oliver, author portrait
© Mariana Cook

Mary Oliver

Born in a small town in Ohio, Mary Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28. Over the course of her long career, she received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She led workshops and held residencies at various colleges and universities, including Bennington College, where she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching. She died in 2019.
Dream Work
This Wild and Precious Life
Devotions
Upstream
Felicity
Blue Horses
Dog Songs
A Thousand Mornings

Books

Dream Work
This Wild and Precious Life
Devotions
Upstream
Felicity
Blue Horses
Dog Songs
A Thousand Mornings