Riprap

by Gary Snyder

poem

Genres: Poetry

Unknown Binding

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

[Nolan]

I believe this, the Origin Press 1959 release without the Cold Mountain Poems, is the version I have on me. Didn't expect to start my year with poetry!

Water, Hay for the Horses, Nooksack Valley, Goofing Again, and Miz-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout were the standouts for me, some of the rest more forgettable but all worth reading.