Poems deal with such topics as nature, Buddhism, art, and song

Product Description: This book explores the ways in which Ayurveda, the oldest medical tradition of the Indian subcontinent, was transformed from a composite of 'ancient' medical knowledge into a 'modern' medical system, suited to the demands posed by apparatuses of health developed in late colonial India...read more

Essays consider nature, wilderness, and man's place in the natural world

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.

Product Description: "The greatest of living nature poets. . . . It helps us to go on, having Gary Snyder in our midst."--Los Angeles Times. Snyder is the author of many volumes of poetry and prose, including The Practice of the Wild and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Turtle Island...read more

The first collection of poems by the acclaimed poet in two decades experiments with the Japanese poetic form known as 'haibun' while exploring the immediacies of intimate contacts and gossip, with poems about an ascent up Mount St. Helens and the destruction of Hiroshima. Reprint.

A finely tuned compilation of poetry presents seventy-one diverse poems--ranging from lyrics to narratives to riddles--that deal with the themes of language, culture, tradition, nature, aging, family life, and the role of the artist. Reprint.

Product Description: Personal favorites selected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet himself. Beginning with the publication of The Back Country in 1968, Gary Snyder's long-cherished association with New Directions continued through the publication of his poetry books: the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling Turtle Island (1974), and Myths & Texts (1978), as well as his prose works, Earth House Hold (1969) and The Real Work (1980), all essential titles on the New Directions list...read more

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Product Description: This detailed study -- the only comprehensive guide to Snyder's work -- traces his development as a writer, from rising young star of the San Francisco Renaissance to his emergence as a leading ecological thinker. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Selections from the works of the award-winning author include original poetry, translations of Chinese poetry, journal entries, interviews, and essays (view table of contents)

Product Description: At the heart of Gary Snyder's poetics rests the concept of «original mind» that state of mind which has been sensually, morally, and spiritually purified so that it can directly experience the universe. The powers of «original mind» are most fully displayed by the Shaman, the Bodhisattva, and the poet - figures which play major roles in Myths and Texts and Mountains and Rivers Without End...read more

Product Description: Book by Murphy, Patrick D.

Fellow writers reminisce about Gary Snyder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and essayist, mountaineer, Zen Buddhist, and environmentalist, and his influence on their lives

Product Description: "poetics of inhabitation"

Poems from five decades deal with nature, aging, birth, magic, history, myth, travel, the atom bomb, love, marriage, and politics

A detailed analysis of Snyder's poetry includes a look at his career as a writer and the major themes that appear in his work