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sort list by title | author He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village The Dimensions of a Haida Myth, With a Foreword by Richard Bringhurst and a New Afterword by the Author Gary Snyder In 1951, as a student of anthropology in Oregon, Gary Snyder set himself to the task of analyzing the many levels of meaning a single Native American myth might hold. He Who Hunted Birds in His Father's Village is the result of Snyder's critical look... Left Out in the Rain Poems Gary Snyder 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... Axe Handles Poems Gary Snyder The title poem of this collection may be Snyder's strongest poem of the 1980s, and this is high praise. Incorporating Snyder's familiar and welcome themes of nature, family and eastern philosophy, it is a passage into a world of insights, small... Look Out A Selection of Writings Gary Snyder Personal favorites selected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet himself. Beginning with the publication of The Back Country in 1968, Gary Snyder's long-cherished association with New Directions continued through the publication of his poetry books... No Nature New and Selected Poems Gary Snyder "The greatest of living nature poets. . . . It helps us to go on, having Gary Snyder in our midst."-- Los Angeles Times. The Back Country Gary Snyder The Back Country is one of Gary Snyder's most serious engagements with Eastern culture and thought. Much of the book works to achieve a perspective by means of contrast, as in "Hitch Haiku," a series of haiku (a Japanese form of imagistic, syllabic... Regarding Wave Gary Snyder Poems Snyder wrote for his wife and child. "This is a remarkable book, a treasure." – Beloit Poetry Journal Earth House Hold Technical Notes and Queries to Fellow Dharma Revolutionaries Gary Snyder "Technical notes and queries to fellow dharma revolutionaries." – Gary Snyder