Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder
Reading Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010
- Introduction
- Snyder discusses Ruth Stephan and the Poetry Center
- "Oil"
- "After Work"
- "Song of the Taste"
- "Ripples on the Surface"
- "Self nature is no nature..."
- "Pearly Everlasting"
- "Yet Older Matters" and "Glacier Ghosts"
- "Glacier Ghosts" (continued)
- "Doctor Coyote When He Had a Problem"
- "The Great Bell of the Gion"
- "For Anthea Corinne Snyder Lowry"
- "The Kannon of Asakusa, Senso-ji"
- "Why California Will Never Be Like Tuscany"
- "Siberian Outpost"
- "Mu Ch'i's Persimmons"
- "A Letter to M.A., Who Lives Far Away"
Introduction-5286
by Eric Magrane
Snyder discusses Ruth Stephan and the Poetry Center-5287
"Oil"-5288
Snyder, Gary. The Back Country. New York: New Directions, 1968.
"After Work"-5289
Snyder, Gary. The Back Country. New York: New Directions, 1968.
"Song of the Taste"-5290
Snyder, Gary. Regarding Wave. New York: New Directions, 1970.
"Ripples on the Surface"-5291
Snyder, Gary. No Nature. San Francisco: Pantheon Books, 1992.
"Self nature is no nature..."-5292
From "The Song of Zazen," a poem by Hakuin Zenji.
Annotation:
Snyder, Gary. No Nature. San Francisco: Pantheon Books, 1992.
"Pearly Everlasting"-5293
Snyder, Gary. Danger on Peaks. Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
"Yet Older Matters" and "Glacier Ghosts"-5294
Snyder, Gary. Danger on Peaks. Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
"Glacier Ghosts" (continued)-5295
Snyder, Gary. Danger on Peaks. Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
"Doctor Coyote When He Had a Problem"-5296
Snyder, Gary. Danger on Peaks. Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
"The Great Bell of the Gion"-5297
Snyder, Gary. Danger on Peaks. Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
"For Anthea Corinne Snyder Lowry"-5298
Snyder, Gary. Danger on Peaks. Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
"The Kannon of Asakusa, Senso-ji"-5299
Snyder, Gary. Danger on Peaks. Washington, D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004.
"Why California Will Never Be Like Tuscany"-5300
Snyder, Gary. "Why California Will Never Be Like Tuscany." American Scholar Summer 2009: 51.
"Siberian Outpost"-5302
Snyder, Gary. "Siberian Outpost." American Scholar Summer 2009: 54.
"Mu Ch'i's Persimmons"-5303
Snyder, Gary. "Mu Ch'i's Persimmons." The New Yorker October 20, 2008: 68.
"A Letter to M.A., Who Lives Far Away"-5304
Snyder, Gary. "A Letter to M.A., Who Lives Far Away." American Scholar Summer 2009: 55.
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Series: Fall Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
In his first reading at the Poetry Center since 1969, Gary Snyder reads broadly from his work, including poems from his most recent collection, Danger on Peaks. He ends by reading uncollected newer poems. Snyder also speaks of his time in Japan, his studies of Zen Buddhism, and his friendship with Poetry Center founder Ruth Stephan.
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