Oliver was born in Ohio, so I like to claim her as a fellow Ohio poet. She lived in Provincetown, Mass., from the 1960s until the death of her partner, Molly Malone Cook, in 2005.

Mary Oliver, Who Believed Poetry 'Mustn't Be Fancy,' Dies At 83 Oliver wasn't always appreciated by critics, but she was still one of the country's most popular poets. In 2012, she told NPR ...

Mary Oliver, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose lyrical descriptions of the lamp-eyed owl, the white-toothed bear and the lilies by the pond evoked natural wonders with a startling clarity of ...

Mary Oliver, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose work, with its plain language and minute attention to the natural world, drew a wide following while dividing critics, died on Thursday at her home ...

Mary Oliver is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose body of work is largely filled with imagery of the natural world — cats, opossums crossing the street, sunflowers and black oaks in the sunshine.

"A Poetry Handbook" is a 1994 book by Mary Oliver, a Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning poet. The book describes and gives examples of the many elements that go into writing great poems.

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 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 ...

“Mary Oliver is saving my life,” Paul Chowder, the title character of Nicholson Baker’s novel “The Anthologist,” scrawls in the margins of Oliver’s “New and Selected Poems, Volume ...

Oliver offered a seriousness not tied to a religious orthodoxy, a way to find the numinous through poetry and the outdoors, to avoid dwelling on crowds, modernity, the economy, and their loud demands.

Last month, the Mary Oliver estate launched a merch store — now, for just $35, you can wear a cropped tee that reminds you to give in to joy. On the site, Oliver’s poetry is gentle, pastel ...