January 17th Event
January 17th
Mary Oliver – September 10, 1935 – January 17, 2019.
She was an American poet that won the National Book Award & the Pulitzer Prize. She had over a forty year relationship with photographer, Molly Malone Cook. Much of her poetry is dedicated to her.
Mary Oliver quote: “When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.”