Early S.F. Doors show breaks on through to CD Nov 18, 2008
Along with the San Francisco rock bands of the day, such as Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service, LSD evangelist Tim Leary urged the gathering of the tribes in the park to "turn on, tune in and drop out." There were also readings by the beat poets Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael McClure and Gary Snyder. "Holy cow - these are the beat icons," says Manzarek. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Early recording of Beat poet surfaces at Reed College Nov 15, 2008
(AP) -- A recording of Beat Generation poet Gary Snyder reading his work 52 years ago at his alma mater, Reed College, has surfaced. It is a casette copy of a reel-to-reel tape of a reading on Feb. 14, 1956. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Recording discovered: famed poet live at Reed College Nov 14, 2008
A tape of Gary Snyder surfaces; he appeared at the college for a 1956 reading along with Allen Ginsberg ... Gary Snyder, who read with Ginsberg that night and went on to become one of the greatest American poets of the 20th century, said in February he thought the missing tape was from his half of the reading. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Organic Garden Quotations Nov 11, 2008
Inspiring Quotes and Sayings Celebrate Natural Gardening. Organic gardeners can get inspiration and motivation from the garden sayings and environmentally conscientious quips of famous and ordinary people. (Suite101.com)
Recommended reading for the next president Oct 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008. What books do members of the Bay Area's literary community recommend to the victor of Tuesday's presidential election. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Local literati rate candidates' reading lists Oct 31, 2008
Gary Snyder, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, essayist and lecturer. Sen. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Around City Hall Some Kind Of Show Oct 20, 2008
finds traces of Gary Snyder s life in Japan. discloses Ghislain Poirier s playlist from the dance party. (New Yorker)
Taking a Buddhist pilgrimage in San Francisco Oct 15, 2008
City Lights became an unofficial headquarters of the Beat literary movement, the hangout of Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen and many other authors who were reading, practicing and writing about Buddhism. 1. (International Herald Tribune)
Wedding march Sep 18, 2008
I remembered a line from my days as an environmental-studies major: "Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation." Was that Gary Snyder or John Muir. No matter. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
These 'birds are taking flight Jul 25, 2008
Moore takes inspiration from poets like Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, Gary Snyder, and nonfiction works by authors such as Derrick Jensen. These poets and writers are unified in their simple voices and mutual love of nature, qualities Moore shares in his songwriting. (Boston Globe)
Pen stroke of genius: recalling Reed's Lloyd Reynolds May 17, 2008
His fascination for Asian thought had a deep influence on a couple of students from the late 1940s and early '50s, Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen, who became significant Beat poets: Snyder may be the finest poet ever to come out of Oregon. And every time you fire up your computer you can whisper a little prayer of thanks to Reynolds, without whose influence the ease and elegance of the typography might not be. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Blue Hand’ chronicles Ginsberg’s quest for God Apr 13, 2008
She weaves an intricate if somewhat tedious description of Ginsberg s travels through India and his quest for meaning while accompanied by his lover, Peter Orlovsky, and in the company of poets Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger. The adventure is slow to start. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
A Lifetime Of Achievement Apr 12, 2008
Creative nonfiction: "Ticket to Exile: A Memoir" by Adam David Miller, "Back on the Fire: Essays" by Gary Snyder, "Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics" by Rebecca Solnit, "Poor People" by William T. Vollmann and "The Fragile Edge: Diving and Other Adventures in the South Pacific" by Julia Whitty. Poetry: "Frail-Craft" by Jessica Fisher, "Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005" by Robert Hass, "Expectation Days" by Sandra McPherson, "The Second Person" by C. Dale Young and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
My First Pulitzer Apr 12, 2008
Thinking about the Pulitzer, I thought immediately of George Oppen and Gary Snyder and Carolyn Kizer. Very nice company. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Book Review: Deborah Baker's 'A Blue Hand' Apr 12, 2008
He persuaded the poets Gary Snyder and Joanne Kyger, then living in Japan, to join him on the subcontinent. He also had hopes that Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Burroughs and even the communal heartthrob, Neal Cassady, would show up. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Come Full Circle Mar 23, 2008
By 1965, when he started bringing his own groups to the city, he fell in with City Lights beat heroes Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder and Ken Kesey. Through this crowd, he met young concert promoter Bill Graham, who invited him to play at the Fillmore with the group that included Jarrett. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Obituaries for Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 Feb 12, 2008
La Crosse Tribune - 7. Published - Tuesday, February 12, 2008. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Be the hero, be the story Oct 26, 2007
The first time I met poet Gary Snyder I asked him, What is worth teaching. After testing me to ensure I was earnest, he finally said, The cyclical nature of life is worth teaching. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Walk to honor conservationists Oct 1, 2007
It was as the poet Gary Snyder wrote ou first must be on the path, before you can turn and walk into the wild. There is nothing like stepping away from the road and heading into a new part of the watershed. (Missoulian, MT)
Rereading 'On the Road,' without the baggage Sep 3, 2007
The outdoorsman adventures and Zen Buddhist reflections of "Dharma Bums" lack narrative drive, and Paradise's companion Japhy Ryder (a fictional stand-in for Gary Snyder) seems smug and snobbish, making one yearn for Moriarty's honest criminality. Since Kerouac is Kerouac, he still pulls off some prophetically inspired turns, though: "I see a vision of a great rucksack revolution thousands or even millions of young Americans wandering around with rucksacks, going up to mountains to pray, making... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Country Joe flashes back to Summer of Love Jun 24, 2007
Here was where they parked the flatbed truck that served as the stage for poets Alan Ginsberg, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gary Snyder and Lenore Kandel, as well as political activist Jerry Rubin. Over there was where LSD manufacturer Owsley Stanley parachuted into the event while the drugs most famous promoter, Timothy Leary, advised attendees to turn on, tune in, drop out. (MSNBC -- News)
Poetry and action May 31, 2007
In the first of a series of interviews introducting the festival, director Michael March talks to Pulitzer prize-winning poet Gary Snyder about environmental and social responsibility ... Gary Snyder, at home in Sierra Nevada ... Gary Snyder: It may well be that some writers are beginning to express their views, and outrage, over some of the social and political outcomes of current US policy. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
SUMMER OF LOVE 40 YEARS LATER Goodbye innocence, hello hippies! May 22, 2007
Michael McClure: I was sitting onstage next to Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Timothy Leary was up there, and Lenore Kandel. (San Francisco Chronicle)
DON BLAKELEY: Who will teach us to be tolerant? Apr 7, 2007
As Gary Snyder once reformulated the Pledge of Allegiance into a poem about allegiance to "one ecosystem in diversity," the time is overdue that we also pledge to teach coming generations especially to appreciate the spiritual ecosystem of humanity's deeply rooted and diverse religious traditions, increasing their ability to function in life with skillful tolerance. Don Blakeley is a professor of philosophy at California State University, Fresno. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
- Ian McMillan analyses Barack Obama's poems Mar 29, 2007
There's not a lot of formal structure to them, but he's obviously read the Beat poets and writers like Gary Snyder and Charles Bukowski, who knew that the simple words are the best ones, as long as you place them carefully on the page. Barack likes his line breaks, his enjambments: let's end a line with "broken" and start it with "in" just because we can. (Guardian Unlimited)
The Moneyed Muse Feb 12, 2007
(The foundation already has an excellent series; this fall, there were readings by Mark Strand, Robert Hass, and Gary Snyder, as well as a staged reading of Richard Wilbur s verse translation of Tartuffe. The building won t be palatial, but it will have an identity as a national home for poetry, Barr said. (New Yorker)
A financial thriller in the publishing world Jan 28, 2007
"Back on the Fire," by Gary Snyder ... Avalon Publishing -- Emeryville ("Back on the Fire: Essays," by Gary Snyder). (San Francisco Chronicle)
... with flowers in your gray hair Jan 15, 2007
Gary Snyder, the poet, then in his Japanese period, chanted; Timothy Leary advised the crowd to tune in, turn on, drop out. Jerry Rubin denounced the war (in Vietnam, remember. (San Francisco Chronicle)
