Myths & Texts
Gary Snyder's second collection, Myths & Texts, was originally published in 1960 by Totem Press. It is now reissued by New Directions in this completely revised format, with an introduction by the author. The three... See More
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by Gary Snyder
(19 reviews)
Quick ViewGary Snyder's second collection, Myths & Texts, was originally published in 1960 by Totem Press. It is now reissued by New Directions in this completely revised format, with an introduction by the author. The three... See More
(15 reviews)
Quick ViewAmerican poet Gary Snyder on poetics, tribalism, ecology, Zen Buddhism, meditation, the writing process, and more. The Real Work is the second volume of Gary Snyder's prose to be published by New Directions. Where his... See More
by Gary Snyder
(13 reviews)
Quick ViewThe title, Regarding Wave, reflects "a half-buried series of word origins dating back through the Indo-European language: intersections of energy, woman, song and 'Gone Beyond Wisdom.'" "Wild nature as the ultimate ground... See More
by Gary Snyder
(10 reviews)
Quick ViewBoth Pound and Williams have shown a good poet can revitalize prose style. Earth House Hold (a play on the root meaning of "ecology"), drawn from Gary Snyder's essays and journals, may prove a landmark for the new... See More
by Gary Snyder
(46 reviews)
Quick ViewIn this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin. Over this period many things changed... See More
by Gary Snyder
(159 reviews)
Quick ViewThe nine captivatingly meditative essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder in the ways of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world. These essays, first... See More
by Gary Snyder
(25 reviews)
Quick View"A reaffirmation of a back country of the spirit." -- Kirkus Reviews This collection is made up of four sections: "Far West" -- poems of the Western mountain country where, as a young man. Gary Snyder worked as a logger and... See More
by Gary Snyder
(23 reviews)
Quick ViewTwo beautifully paired essays, "Tawny Grammar" and "Good, Wild, Sacred," serve to offer an autobiographical framework for Gary Snyder's long work as a poet, environmentalist, and a leader of the Buddhist community in North... See More
by Gary Snyder
(36 reviews)
Quick ViewFor the full course of his remarkable career, Gary Snyder has continued his study of Eastern culture and philosophies. From the Ainu to the Mongols, from Hokkaido to Kyoto, from the landscapes of China to the backcountry of... See More
by Gary Snyder
(2 reviews)
Quick ViewWhen first published in 2004, Danger on Peaks was the poet's first new collection of poems in twenty years. Perhaps his most personal, autobiographical collection, it begins with the young poet ascending Mt. St. Helens in... See More
by Gary Snyder
(5 reviews)
Quick ViewIf left alone, what might a place say? If we must leave it, what must we leave behind? Guru Road, Dooby Lane. It was in this place where, nearly twenty years ago, Gary Snyder discovered, considered, and chronicled such... See More
(13 reviews)
Quick ViewOne of the central relationships in the Beat scene was the long-lasting friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Ginsberg introduced Snyder to the East Coast Beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, while Snyder himself... See More
by Gary Snyder
(55 reviews)
Quick View"The letters are valuable for ecologists, students, and teachers of contemporary American literature and for those of us eager to know how these two distant neighbors networked, negotiated, and remained friends." -- San... See More
by Gary Snyder
(156 reviews)
Quick ViewWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1975) These Pulitzer Prize-winning poems and essays by the author of No Nature range from the lucid, lyrical, and mystical to the political. All, however, share a common vision: a... See More
by Gary Snyder
(76 reviews)
Quick ViewIn simple, striking verse, legendary poet Gary Snyder weaves an epic discourse on the topics of geology, prehistory, and mythology. First published in 1996, this landmark work encompasses Asian artistic traditions, as well... See More
by Gary Snyder
(36 reviews)
Quick ViewGary Snyder joined his old friend, novelist Jim Harrison, to discuss their loves and lives and what has become of them throughout the years. Set amidst the natural beauty of the Santa Lucia Mountains, their conversations... See More
by Gary Snyder
(76 reviews)
Quick ViewBy any measure, Gary Snyder is one of the greatest poets in America in the last century. From his first book of poems to his latest collection of essays, his work and his example, standing between Tu Fu and Thoreau, have... See More
by Gary Snyder
(13 reviews)
Quick ViewIn 1953, Gary Snyder returned to the Bay Area and, at age 23, enrolled in graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, to study Asian languages and culture. He intensified his study of Chinese and Japanese, and... See More
by Gary Snyder
(67 reviews)
Quick View"This present moment That lives on To become Long ago." For his first collection of new poems since his celebrated Danger on Peaks, published in 2004, Gary Snyder finds himself ranging over the planet. Journeys to the... See More
by Gary Snyder
(53 reviews)
Quick ViewA collection of captivatingly meditative essays that display a deep understanding of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world from an American cultural force. With thoughts ranging from political and spiritual... See More
by Gary Snyder
(6 reviews)
Quick ViewFinalist in CALIBA's 2022 Golden Poppy Book Awards A collection of previously uncollected and unpublished works by a Pulitzer Prize-winning Beat poet Gary Snyder, written during his most productive and important years Far... See More
by Don Eulert
Quick ViewFor this collection, Eulert invited people from all walks of life to reflect on their personal experience with ritual. Their poignant and wise stories describe creation and participation in ritual's healing powers. Topics... See More