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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver appears in this month’s O Magazine, which features poetry and journaling as part of the creative process. Why is that? While in Austerlitz in the late s, she met Molly Malone Cook, who would be her partner until Cook's death in Cook also became Oliver's literary agent and the two relocated to Provincetown, Massachusetts.

She left her native Ohio for New York the day after her high school graduation. Oliver was beloved among the literary and non-literary community, and several celebrities tweeted in praise of the poet, including director Ava Duvernay, who quoted her poem "Praying" in appreciation on Thursday morning.

Years ago, when I was an editor at Country Living magazine, a glossy Hearst title, I wanted to have her contribute a personal essay. Once after Oliver found herself in the woods without a writing utensil, she hid pencils in the trees along her route so that she wouldn't end up in the same predicament again.

The Bay of Fundy? Email Newsletter Subscribe Subscriber Services. The New Yorker profile later notes that none of Oliver's works received a full-length review in the Times.

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The Brooks Range? By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Oliver was a lover of the natural world and her poetry often contemplated nature and celebrated animal life. Oliver published over 15 essay and poetry collections.

Oliver ended up staying in Austerlitz many years to organize Millay's papers, according to the Associated Press. News & Opinion 5 Things You Should Know About Lesbian Poet Mary Oliver The beloved, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet died Thursday at MARY OLIVER (–) was famously private and accustomed to her ways of working as a poet, writing often about how she walked with pad and pen at dawn every day through the woods and along the shoreline of Provincetown, and later in Hobe Sound, Florida.

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Her first, No Voyage and Other Poems, was published when she was She would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her fifth collection, American Primitive. In her poem "When Death Comes", she wrote of her own death:. While in high school, Oliver wrote to Millay's sister, Norma, asking if she could visit the poet's home in Austerlitz, New York.

As writer Rachel Syme wrote in a Twitter thread, Oliver was considered a "throw-pillow" poet and that her "engaging with the world as a site of beauty and grace is a light pursuit. That's a successful walk! Oliver fancied herself "the kind of old-fashioned poet who walks the woods most days, accompanied by dog and notepad" according to a New York Times profile.

As a huge fan (and subscriber) of the mag, I was thrilled to see the interview with Oliver, who is an out lesbian as well as one of the world’s most renowned writers. If you didn't know much about Oliver or her prolific career, here are a few things to start before you get lost in her poetry, which is largely available online.

Another New York Times profile from notes that Oliver would stroll in the woods and stop to take a sensuous snapshot of her surroundings. Oliver was an early fan of Edna St. Vincent Millay, which led to her meeting her longtime partner. The Times even constructed a self-guided tour of Provincetown based entirely on her poetry.