The Gary Snyder Reader, Volume 1: Prose, Poetry and Translations 1952-1998

by Gary Snyder

Book by Snyder, Gary

Genres: Poetry

617 pages, Hardcover

Published June 1, 1999

About the author

Gary Snyder is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Book Award. His work, in his various roles, reflects an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. He has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. For many years, Snyder was an academic at the University of California, Davis, and for a time served as a member of the California Arts Council.

Reviews

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful introduction to the multifaceted contributions of Gary Snyder: poet, ecologist, buddhist, translator and citizen of Turtle Island.

Here was the last poem:

This present moment:
That lives on,
To become

Long ago.

[Jim Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I dare you to read through this collection without wanting to buy at least one more of Synder's books.