Shortly after I filed my story about Mary Oliver's lecture last night, the copy editors told me they needed to cut it, because the space allotted for the article had abruptly shrunk. So the cuts ...

The award-winning poet Mary Oliver, who explored the connection between spirituality and the natural world, died last week at the age of 83. Oliver's poetry used simple language to observe the ...

As I also noted, “Devotions,” at 400 pages, was a testament to the scale of Oliver’s achievement. Her poems, appearing in feather-light collections over the years, might have tricked fans ...

Mary Oliver wrote, “having chosen to claim my life, I have made for myself, out of work and love, a handsome life. And can do what I want to with it. Live it. Give it back, ...

Mary Oliver noticed, and out of that noticing grew a commitment to the details that populate life. There are many things to be admired about the way Oliver committed her observations to the page. Her ...

The Post-Standard's Laura T. Ryan writes about Mary Oliver speaking and reading her poetry for an appreciative audience at the Gifford Lecture Series Tuesday night. Read more Courtesy of Beacon ...

Mary Oliver, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning poet, passed away on Jan. 17 at age 83, leaving behind a powerful body of work, and an even more inspiring legacy.

Mary Oliver, Author Beacon Press (MA) $28.5 (255p) ISBN 978-0-8070-6818-2 This collection brings together poetry from eight of Oliver's previously published books and 30 new poems.

Jesus was 12 when he got lost in the temple; after Mary and Joseph found him we don't hear anything until he's 30. Think about it: Jesus was lost and caught praying and got grounded by the Mother ...