The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder

The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snyder

A collection of captivatingly meditative essays thatdisplay a deep understanding of Buddhist belief, wildness, wildlife, and the world from an American cultural force.

With thoughts ranging from political and spiritual matters to those regarding the environment and the art of becoming native to this continent, the nine essays in The Practice of the Wild display the deep understanding and wide erudition of Gary Snyder. These essays, first published in 1990, stand as the mature centerpiece of Snyder's work and thought, and this profound collection is widely accepted as one of the central texts on wilderness and the interaction of nature and culture.

GARY SNYDER is an environmental activist, poet, essayist, and lecturer. The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1975), the American Book Award (1984), the Bollingen Prize for Poetry (1997), the John Hay Award for Nature Writing (1997), and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize (2008) are among his many achievements. He is renowned as the Poet Laureate of Deep Ecology, and his poetry displays an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. He is often associated with the Beat Movement and the San Francisco Renaissance. Snyder has translated ancient Chinese and modern Japanese literature into English.

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ISBN 13	9781640094215
ISBN 10	1640094210
Title	The Practice of the Wild
Author	Gary Snyder
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2020-09-08
Number of pages	240
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