The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder 1956-1991 by Bill Morgan

The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder 1956-1991 by Bill Morgan

One of the central relationships in the Beat scene was the long-lasting friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Beginning in 1956 and continuing until 1991, the two men exchanged more than 850 letters. Bill Morgan, Ginsberg's biographer and an important editor of his papers, has selected the most significant correspondence from this long friendship. Robert Hass' insightful introduction discusses the lives of these two major poets and their enriching and moving relationship.

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	9781582434445
ISBN 10	1582434441
Title	The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder 1956-1991
Author	Bill Morgan
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Counterpoint
Year published	2008-11-25
Number of pages	352
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