Left Out in the Rain by Gary Snyder - ISBN: 9781593760908
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Inspired by the ancient Chinese proverb, "There‘s nothing you can own that can’t be left out in the rain," this collection charts the journeys of the poet from 1947 to 1985. This book is unique among Gary Snyder‘s numerable works, and the poems contained here are as broad in style …

Left Out in the Rain

Poems

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    9 December 2005

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Summary

“The reading is something like archeology, sifting the layers that have built up over the years to find the source of a familiar voice … Left Out in the Rain shows us the footsteps in the wet meadow grass.” -Los Angeles Times”A fascinating case study and verse autobiography of a man who long ago staked his claim as one of America’s finest poets.” -Boston HeraldWhen Gary Snyder was in his twenties working as a forester and logger, one of the old loggers told him, “If you’re gonna work these wo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781593760908
ISBN-10:1593760906
Author:Gary Snyder
Publisher:Counterpoint
Imprint:Counterpoint
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:9 December 2005
Weight:281g
Dimensions:209mm x 139mm
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“The reading is something like archeology, sifting the layers that have built up over the years to find the source of a familiar voice …

“The reading is something like archeology, sifting the layers that have built up over the years to find the source of a familiar voice …

About The Author

Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder is the author of more than twenty collections of poetry and prose. Since 1970 he has lived in the watershed of the South Yuba River in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, Snyder has also been awarded the Bollingen Prize for Poetry and the Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award. His 1992 collection, No Nature, was a National Book Award finalist, and in 2008 he received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Snyder is a poet, environmentalist, educator and Zen Buddhist.

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