Originally posted by Shambhala Sun
Poet Gary Snyder and his writings, follow the links!
Last night at MIT, poet Gary Snyderwas awarded PEN (Poets/Playwrights, Essayists/Editors, Novelists) New England’s “Henry David Thoreau Prize” for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing.
Our congratulations to him for the well-earned honor. Here at the Shambhala Sun we’ve had the honor of publishing his writing; click through here for links to see for yourself what makes Snyder so special.
Gary Snyder in the Shambhala Sun [links open in new windows]:
- Writers and the War Against Nature — this Snyder commentary was selected by our editors as one of the best commentaries published in the first thirty years of the Shambhala Sun.
- Highest and Driest — from “Poetry and Zen Talks of Philip Whalen.”
- The Wild Mind of Gary Snyder — a 1996 profile by Trevor Carolan
See also: Naropa University: Where East Meets West and Sparks Fly
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