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8%OFFGary Snyder - Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places - 9781595342515 - V9781595342515
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Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places

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Description for Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 273.
In this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin. Over this period many things changed decisively--globally, locally, and in their personal lives--and these changing conditions provide the back story for a long conversation. It begins in the early 1980s as an intellectual exchange between an earnest graduate student and a generous distinguished writer, and becomes a long-distance friendship and an exploration of spiritual practice. At the project's heart is Snyder's understanding of Buddhism. Again and again, the conversations return to an explication of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
San Antonio, United States
ISBN
9781595342515
SKU
V9781595342515
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About Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder is a poet, essayist, and environmental activist. He is the author of eighteen books, among them Danger on Peaks; Mountains and Rivers Without End; No Nature, a finalist for the 1993 National Book Award; The Practice of the Wild; Left Out in the Rain, New Poems 1947--1985; Axe Handles, winner of an American Book Award; and Turtle Island, ... Read more

Reviews for Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places
"Gives wise advice about writing and life...His joy in ideas is contagious."
Publishers Weekly "This engrossing collection grants us a new perspective on Snyder and his work and compellingly human insights into Buddhism, writing, and place."
Booklist "Julia Martin has done a fine job of bringing Gary Snyder to the fore in her committed study of one of our major contemporary authors."
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