Books by Mary Oliver
“The best poets get that way because they have given a great deal of thought to questions such as: “What is poetry?” “How does it get that way?” Mary Oliver was one of those best poets, and in this audio version of her classic work about how to write and read poetry she offers some answers, both detailed and expansive, to John Ciardi’s classic question: “How does a poem mean?” Kimberly Farr’s performance is wonderful, as witty and wise as the text.” Read more...
“Mary Oliver brings the poet’s eye and sound to her non-fiction. Upstream has the attention and urgency of a poet’s voice. It is a meditation on the natural world, but also a clarion call.” Read more...
Victoria Bennett, Memoirist
Interviews where books by Mary Oliver were recommended
The Best Nature Memoirs, recommended by Victoria Bennett
Nature is intrinsic to our experience of being alive and reading about it allows us to connect not just with the natural world but with ourselves. Here Victoria Bennett, author of All My Wild Mothers, a memoir of grief and creating an apothecary garden, recommends five other nature memoirs, highlighting personal and reflective prose by writers including Lauret Savoy, Mary Oliver, and Jamaica Kincaid.
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Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV
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The Message
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Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think About Race and Identity
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A Poetry Handbook
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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
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What's Next Is Now: How to Live Future Ready
by Frederik Pferdt
The Best Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
The Best Nonfiction Audiobooks of 2024, recommended by AudioFile Editors
In the second in our end-of-year series highlighting the best audiobooks of 2024, our friends at AudioFile magazine offer an overview of the best new nonfiction audiobooks—including a sparky history of reality TV by New Yorker staffer Emily Nussbaum and highly acclaimed works of memoir and cultural criticism by Hanif Abdurraqib and Ta-Nehisi Coates.
