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 Tu Fu and Thoreau, have been influential all over the world. Riprap , his first book of poems, was published in Japan in 1959 by Origin Press, and it is the fiftieth anniversary of that groundbreaking book we celebrate with this edition. A small press reprint of that book included Snyder's translations of Han Shan's Cold Mountain Poems , perhaps the finest translations of that remarkable poet ever made into English.
Reintroducing one of the twentieth century's foremost collections of poetry, this edition will please those already familiar with this work and excite a new generation of readers with its profound simplicity and spare elegance.

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Snyder, Gary

Basic Civitas Books

Catapult

50th Anniversary ed, Berkeley, CA, 2009

United States, United States of America

50th ed, New York, 2010

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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 Tu Fu and Thoreau, has been influential all over the world. Riprap , his first book of poems, was published in Japan in 1959 by Origin Press, and it is the 50th anniversary of that groundbreaking book that is celebrated with this new edition. A small press reprint of that book included Snyder’s translations of Han Shan’s Cold Mountain Poems , perhaps the finest translations of that remarkable poet ever made into English.
For the 50th anniversary, this completely redesigned edition of Riprap is accompanied by a CD of Snyder reading all the poems in this collection, with introductions and asides. The recording, made in the poet’s home by Jack Loeffler, marks the first time a complete reading has ever been available in a commercial edition.
One of the finest collections of poems published in the 20th century, this edition will please those already familiar with this work and excite a new generation of readers with its profound simplicity and spare elegance.
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Review “The master of lucid meditation . . . Readers are fortunate to have what Snyder wants to pass on.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Long ago staked his claim as one of America's finest poets . . . [An] unswerving integrity [is] present throughout the development of Snyder's poetic sensibility.”
— Boston Herald
“As early as the 1950s, before ecology became a household word, Snyder understood things about our civilization and economy that no one else was talking about, and he wrote about them with great authority and a sinewy line.” —Richard Tillinghast, The Nation
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Books by Gary Snyder 5
Dedication
8
contents 10
Riprap 12
MID -AUGUST AT SOURDOUGH MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT
14
THE LATE SNOW & LUM BER STRIKE OF THE SUMMER OF FIFTY -FOUR
15
PRAISE FOR SICK WOMEN
17
PIUTE CREEK
19
MILTON BY FIRELIGHT
20
ABOVE PATE VALLEY 22
WATER 23
FOR A FAR-OUT FRIEND
24
HAY FOR THE HORSES 26
THIN ICE 27
NOOKSACK VALLEY
28
ALL THROUGH THE RAINS
29
MIGRATION OF BIRDS 30
TŌJI 31
HIGASHI HONGWANJI
32
KYOTO : MARCH
33
A STONE GARDEN 34
THE SAPPA CREEK
37
AT FIVE A.M. OFF THE NORTH COAST OF SUMATRA
38
GOOFING AGAIN
39
T-2 TANKER BLUES
40
CARTAGENA
42
RIPRAP 43
Cold Mountain Poems 44
PREFACE TO THE POEMS OF HAN -SHANBY LU CH’IU -YIN , GOVERNOR OF T’AI PREFECTURE
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2 51
3 52
4 53
5 54
6 55
7 56
8 57
9 58
10 59
11 60
12 61
13 62
14 63
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24 73
NOTES 74
AFTERWORD
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CD Track List 80

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