The writing career of poet Mary Oliver spans three decades. She has produced thirteen volumes of poetry and prose and two books on the craft of writing poetry. Oliver's poetry offers a transcendental view of the natural world in terms accessible to the t...

At the onset of her career as a poet, Mary Oliver seems almost literally to have followed in the footsteps of Edna St. Vincent Millay, whose lyrical manner influenced Oliver's early work. Both were "country bred," studied at Vassar, and found an artistic...

One day last month during which the mercury struggled toward the 50-degree plateau and the sun struggled to pierce the overhanging layers of cold marine gauze, one of life's defining moments occurred. While I was slightly depressed about the weather and lost in...

Harty: An Irish Symphony; With the Wild Geese; In Ireland. Proinssias O Duinn, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Naxos 8.554732. How could a album of Irish orchestral music miss that features three of the most popular works of one of Ireland's most...

It was an impossible plan – a suicide mission. Nevertheless, the conspirators came to the old warehouse and to the young sea captain they hoped would change the course of Irish-American history. Jerry O’Keefe played his part. Dressed in somber black, he and his band...