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 Gary Snyder's Profile |
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It wasn't just poetry that moved people; It was the sense of a community, of people with a vision. |
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| Age: | 78 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Davis, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| BodyType: | Athletic |
| Zodiac: |  Taurus (Apr 20 - May 20) |
| Last Login: | Oct 23, 2008 (422 days back) |
About Me |
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| Gary Snyder Facebook Page Gary Snyder was born on May 8, 1930 in San Francisco, California and is well known not only for his association with the Beat writers, but for his advocacy of community living and ecological concerns. Much of his writing demonstrates the influence of the respected American poets, Walt Whitman and Ezra Pound, as well as intimations of mysticism exemplified in Far Eastern forms. His experiences as a logger and ranger in the Pacific Northwest were inspirations for his first two collections of poetry: Riprap (1959) and Myths and Texts (1960). Many of his later works focus on alternatives to city living and show a reverence for nature and a deep interest in the philosophies of the East. The latter is a characteristic that seems an almost ubiquitous attribute possessed by many other Beat writers. Perhaps this quality respect and toleration for the world around oneself are what make these writers as interesting as they are accessible. Snyder won the Pulitzer prize for his collection Turtle Island in 1975. In addition to the mentioned works, Snyder's other volumes include: The Black Country (1967), Regarding Wave (1969), Axe Handles (1983) The Old Ways (1977) and No Nature: New and Selected Poems (1992). Currently, Snyder is a faculty member at the University of California at Davis. To be perfectly clear, this myspace is NOT maintained by Gary Snyder. I have personally read his works extensively, and as such thought he should be adequately represented on myspace. If the real Gary Snyder would like this page removed, it will be immedietly. Any suggestions, comments, etc. are greatly welcomed. |
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My Interests |
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| Hiking, Poetry, Buddhism, Anthropology, Translating, etc. | |
I'd like to meet:Any who cares for the natural world, poetry, buddhism, anthropology. |
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Books:Myths & Texts (1960), Six Sections from Mountains and Rivers Without End (1965), The Back Country (1967), Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems (1969), Regarding Wave (1969), Earth House Hold (1969), The Old Ways (1977), He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village: The Dimensions of a Haida Myth (1979), The Real Work (1980), Axe Handles (1983), Passage Through India (1983), Left Out in the Rain (1988), The Practice of the Wild (1990), No Nature: New and Selected Poems (1992), A Place in Space (1995), Narrator of the audio book version of Kazuaki Tanahashi's Moon in a Dewdrop from Dogen's Shobogenzo, Mountains and Rivers Without End (1996), Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations (1999), Danger on Peaks (2005), Back on the Fire: Essays (2007), The Politics of Ethnopoetics (1975) text on ubuweb: visual - concrete - sound poetry |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | Married |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| Hometown: | San Francisco |
| Religion: | Buddhist |
| Education: | College graduate |
| Occupation: | Professor of English |
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My Blog |
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Longitude 170º West, Latitude 35º North |
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| The realm half sky half water, night black with foam streaks of glowing fish the high half black too lit with &... Posted by Gary Snyder on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:15:00 PST |
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This Tokyo |
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| Peace, war, religion,Revolution, will not help.This horror seeds in the agileThumb and greedy little brainThat learned to catch bananasWith a stick. The millions of us worthles... Posted by Gary Snyder on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:52:00 PST |
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Riprap |
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| Lay down these wordsBefore your mind like rocks. placed solid, by handsIn choice of place, setBefore the body of the mind in space and time:Solidity of bark, leaf, or w... Posted by Gary Snyder on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:26:00 PST |
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Maudgalyayana saw hell |
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| Under the shuddering eyelidDreams gnawing the nerve-strings,The mind grabs and the shut eye sees:Down dimensions floating below sunlight,Worlds of the dead, Bardo, mind-worlds& horrow of sunless c... Posted by Gary Snyder on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:37:00 PST |
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Revolution in the Revolution in the Revolution |
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| The country surrounds the cityThe back country surrounds the country
"From the masses to the masses" the mostRevolutionary consciousness is to be foundAmong the most ruthlessly exploited classes:Anima... Posted by Gary Snyder on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:27:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Sierra Nevada Mountains, W. B. Yeats, David - Beatdom, Tom, tracy, Bob, Dew-Claw, Nietzsche, Deborlee [Desire]'s Official Poetry Page, Doc Huckster, Wilfried Hou Je Bek, Talkin' Roots Crew, Mr Zurg, TheLunaticIsOnTheGrass, Geiger Records, Tommy Thuresson poet, A.J. Kaufmann, do, Paolo Brancaleoni, Hairy Gary, Michael, Ac0uS+ic 0mAr
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