Mary Oppen

Mary Oppen (1908–1990) was a writer, painter, activist, and the lifelong partner of the poet George Oppen. Besides her autobiography, she published two collections of poetry, Poems & Transpositions and the chapbook Mother and Daughter and the Sea.

Mary Oppen

Mary Oppen (1908–1990) was a writer, painter, activist, and the lifelong partner of the poet George Oppen. Besides her autobiography, she published two collections of poetry, Poems & Transpositions and the chapbook Mother and Daughter and the Sea.

Books by Mary Oppen

  • Meaning a Life: an Autobiography

    Mary Oppen, Jeffrey Yang

    Paperback, 2020

    A classic of twentieth-century American autobiography now back in print with previously unpublished material from the author’s archive
  • Meaning a Life: an Autobiography

    Mary Oppen, Jeffrey Yang

    E Book, 2020

    A classic of twentieth-century American autobiography now back in print with previously unpublished material from the author’s archive