If poetry had a pop icon, Mary Oliver would be it. Celebrated best-selling poet, Pulitzer Prize-winner, lover of dogs and long walks in the woods, openly queer but intensely private, Oliver was America’s unlikely contemporary mystic, stalking the ponds and forests of Cape Cod for nearly 50. years in order to open herself - and her readers - to the known and unknowable world.

Featuring interviews with close friends including John Waters, never-before-seen personal photos, notebooks, and correspondence from her archive, and recitations of her work by Steve Buscemi, Stephen Colbert, Lucy Dacus, and Oprah Winfrey, Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World considers the poet’s long lifetime of work in context, capturing the uniqueness of her world and the natural beauty that inspired her.