eli22's review
medium-paced
5.0
Enjoyed learning about Mary Oliver from people who love her and her work.
bookbrig's review
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
This is such a wonderful listen, with lovely interviews interspersed with Mary Oliver reading her own poetry. That said, I checked this out from my library, and didn't realize until after listening that there's no physical book. It appears to be more like an in-depth podcast, which is still a fantastic listening experience, but also left me a bit disappointed that I couldn't read a physical copy. I would have loved to share this with my mom, but she doesn't really listen to audiobooks so it's not accessible for her. I suppose the best I can do is maybe use the helpful bibliography at the end to retrieve some of the poetry collections this pulls from. That's going to be more difficult than I anticipated without a physical copy to refer to while searching for those collections, but still do-able.
I highly recommend listening to this-I just wish they'd chosen to create a physical copy as well. Though perhaps it would have been prohibitive to license all the poems they wanted to include? Anyway, I can see myself re-listening to this multiple times, it's just that engaging.
I highly recommend listening to this-I just wish they'd chosen to create a physical copy as well. Though perhaps it would have been prohibitive to license all the poems they wanted to include? Anyway, I can see myself re-listening to this multiple times, it's just that engaging.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Suicidal thoughts