The Gary Snyder Reader Vol. II

By Gary Snyder

A Place in Space

By Gary Snyder

In this classic collection of 29 pieces that span half a century, Gary Snyder explores humans' complex, ever–evolving attitudes toward the environment. He argues that nature is not separate f...

Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

By Gary Snyder

By any measure, Gary Snyder is one of the greatest poets in America in the last century. From his first book of poems to his latest collection of essays, his work and his example, standing between...

Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

By Gary Snyder

By any measure, Gary Snyder is one of the greatest poets in America in the last century. From his first book of poems to his latest collection of essays, his work and his example, standing between...

The Etiquette of Freedom

By Gary Snyder

The Etiquette of Freedom is an all–encompassing companion to the film The Practice of the WildGary Snyder joined his old friend, novelist Jim Harrison, to discuss their loves and lives and wh...

Mountains and Rivers Without End

By Gary Snyder

In simple, striking verse, legendary poet Gary Snyder weaves an epic discourse on the topics of geology, prehistory, and mythology. First published in 1996, this landmark work encompasses Asian art...

Back on the Fire

By Gary Snyder

This collection of essays by Gary Snyder, now in paperback, blazes with insight. In his most autobiographical writing to date, Snyder employs fire as a metaphor for the crucial moment when deeply h...

The Practice of the Wild

By Gary Snyder

Axe Handles

By Gary Snyder

In Axe Handles Mr. Snyder reveals the roots of community in the family and explores the transmission of cultural values and knowledge. "In making the handle of an axe by cutting wood with an axe t...

Danger on Peaks

By Gary Snyder

When first published in 2004, Danger on Peaks was the poet's first new collection of poems in twenty years. Perhaps his most personal, autobiographical collection, it begins with the young poet asc...