Books by Mary Oliver
“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.