Tawny Grammar
By Gary Snyder
By Gary Snyder
By Gary Snyder
By Gary Snyder
Part of Counterpoints
Part of Counterpoints
Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Philosophy
Category: Essays & Literary Collections | Philosophy
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$10.00
Nov 05, 2019 | ISBN 9781640091757
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Nov 05, 2019 | ISBN 9781640091764
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Praise
Praise for The Practice of the Wild
“Gary Snyder’s deep hope–that someday we might all be native Americans, at home in our grand place—is the only hope we have. This is an exquisite book, and a hard one. Read it—and then live it, as best as you can.” —Bill McKibben, author of Eaarth
“I have always found it difficult to imagine this century without the life and work of Gary Snyder. After reading this collection of essays, I now find it impossible.” —Wes Jackson, author of Nature as Measure: The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson
“What thoughtful beauty! How skillfully Gary Snyder interfuses the practical knowledge of an animal sense with story, language, and song. True teachers in America are now an endangered species. I learn so much from this good man’s perception, humor, discipline, and love for this world. I am honored to praise this book.” —James Hillman, author of A Terrible Love of War
“Contemplating Gary Snyder’s depth of journey into nature here, I think of what D.H. Lawrence said of Whitman: he’s camped out alone, way beyond everybody. But it’s looking like where Snyder is, would be a wise bet for all of us. He makes a good trail in this book, laid out expertly and fun to walk on.” —Thomas J. Lyon, author of This Incomparable Land
“A primer, an etiquette, a book of instruction, The Practice of the Wild is an exquisite, full–sighted articulation of what freedom, wildness, goodness, and grace mean, using the lessons of the planet to teach us how to live.” —Gretel Ehrlich, author of Facing the Wave
“Essayist and Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Snyder (Turtle Island) offers nine sensitive and thoughtful essays blending his personal Buddhist beliefs, respect for wildlife and the land, and fascination with language and mythic tradition into a ‘meditation on what it means to be human.’” —Publishers Weekly
“More people should read this book than will. Snyder is, of course, an important writer, a Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, and a spokesperson for the wilderness. Here in spare, eloquent prose, he presents a series of essays that probe the essence of humanity, nature, and their symbiosis… This is an important book for anyone interested in the ethical interrelationships of things, places, and people, and it is a book that is not just read but taken in. It is lamentable that many readers will spend their time taking in much lesser writers.” —Library Journal
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