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The Practice of the Wild: With a New Preface by the Author
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The 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 published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder’s work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.
The Etiquette of Freedom: Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and <i>The Practice of the Wild</i>
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Gary 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 conversationsharnessing their ideas of all that is wild, sacred and intimate in this worldmove from the admission that Snyder’s mother was a devout atheist to his personal accounts of his initiation into Zen Buddhist culture, being literally dangled by the ankles over a cliff. After years of living in Japan, Snyder returns to the States to build a farmhouse in the remote foothills of the Sierras, a homestead he calls Kitkitdizze.
For all of the depth in these conversations, Jim Harrison and Gary Snyder are humorous and friendly, and with the artfully interspersed dialogue from old friends and loves like Scott Slovic, Michael McClure, Jack Shoemaker, and Joanne Kyger, the discussion reaches a level of not only the personal, but the global, redefining our idea of the Beat Generation and challenging the future directions of the environmental movement and its association with Deep Ecology.”
The Etiquette of Freedom is an all-encompassing companion to the film The Practice of the Wild. A DVD is included which contains the film together with more than an hour of out-takes and expanded interviews, as well as an extended reading by Gary Snyder. The whole offers a rare glimpse of their extended discussion of life and what it means to be wild and alive.
Back on the Fire: Essays
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This collection of essays by Gary Snyder, now in paperback, blazes with insight. In his most autobiographical writing to date, Snyder employs fire as a metaphor for the crucial moment when deeply held viewpoints yield to new experiences, and our spirits and minds broaden and mature. Snyder here writes and riffs on a wide range of topics, from our sense of place and a need to review forestry practices, to the writing life and Eastern thought. Surveying the current wisdom that fires are in some cases necessary for ecosystems of the wild, he contemplates the evolution of his view on the practice, while exploring its larger repercussions on our perceptions of nature and the great landscapes of the West. These pieces include recollections of his boyhood, his involvement with the literary community of the Bay Area, his travels to Japan, as well as his thoughts on American culture today. All maintain Snyder's reputation as an intellect to be reckoned with, while often revealing him at his most emotionally vulnerable. The final impression is holistic: We perceive not a collection of essays, but a cohesive presentation of Snyder's life and work expressed in his characteristically straightforward prose.
The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations
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This monumental collection gathers essays, travel journals, letters, poems, and translations from one of the most influential literary voices of the twentieth century.. Gary Snyder has been a major cultural force in America for five decades-prize-winning poet, environmental activist, Zen Buddhist, and reluctant counterculture guru. Having expanded far beyond the Beat poems that first brought his work into the public eye, Snyder has produced a wide-ranging body of work that encompasses his fluency in Eastern literature and culture, his commitment to the environment, and his concepts of humanity's place in the cosmos. The Gary Snyder Reader showcases the panoramic range of his literary vision in a single-volume survey that will appeal to students and general readers alike.
Mountains and Rivers Without End: Poem
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In 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 as Native American storytelling and Zen Buddhist philosophy, and celebrates the disparate elements of the Earth — sky, rock, water — while exploring the human connection to nature with stunning wisdom. Winner of the Bollingen Poetry Prize, the Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Orion Society's John Hay Award, among others, Gary Snyder finds his quiet brilliance celebrated in this new edition of one of his most treasured works.
Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
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By 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 been influential all over the world. Riprap, his first book of poems, was published in Japan in 1959 by Origin Press, and it is the fiftieth anniversary of that groundbreaking book we celebrate with this edition. A small press reprint of that book included Snyder’s translations of Han Shan’s Cold Mountain Poems, perhaps the finest translations of that remarkable poet ever made into English.
Reintroducing one of the twentieth century's foremost collections of poetry, this edition will please those already familiar with this work and excite a new generation of readers with its profound simplicity and spare elegance.
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Cheap Seats Daily:Did Snyder Tamper to Meet Redskins Ticket ... - Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper, DC - May 26, 2009
Cheap Seats Daily:Did Snyder Tamper to Meet Redskins Ticket Fans can blame a bad video replay decision, which gave mercenary 'roid-allegations-magnet Gary Sheffield a home run, for that last loss. Washington is now 13-31 on the season. Whenever I see a reversed number pair like that, I think about “2112,” the
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Estate's beneficiaries on Broderick's case - Buffalo News
Buffalo News, United States - May 26, 2009
Estate's beneficiaries on Broderick's caseGary J. Wojtan, John Snyder's attorney, said there are court precedents that allow a judge to deny commissions to administrators. “There'sa lot of strong law that says when you're an executor, you can't hire yourself or your cronies or your wife,”
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MLB Hits: Padres Rally Past Diamondbacks For 10th Straight
Post Chronicle - May 26, 2009
Starting pitcher Chris Gaudin dug the Padres a big hole early, giving up five runs in the third when he started the frame by surrendering a homerun to Chris Snyder and a triple to opposing pitcher Doug Davis on his first two pitches.
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Tom Killion: In the arms of Mount Tam - San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - May 19, 2009
Tom Killion: In the arms of Mount TamAll that's left of poet Gary Snyder's tiny cabin, cantilevered on the south side of Mount Tamalpais, is a rough plank floor. Plenty of red wine has been spilled here. After all, this 100-square-foot piece of literary history was the site of a three-day
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North Korea declares second nuclear test 'successful' - The National
The National, United Arab Emirates - May 26, 2009
North Korea declares second nuclear test 'successful'Scott Snyder, Director of the Center for US-Korea Policy at The Asia Foundation said: "North Korea's latest test directly defies Chinese interests by enhancing Japan's security anxieties and giving momentum to countermeasures (ie, debates in Japan over
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