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Steve Buscemi reads Mary Oliver's poem, "The Fish"

Listen to Steve Buscemi read Mary Oliver's poem "The Fish" in this excerpt from the film. "She's going to the deepest, most contradictory places where life and death usher from the same source."

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The first film biography about the celebrated author, Louis May Alcott.
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