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Myths & Texts is a poetry collection by American writer Gary Snyder, first published in 1960. Organized into the sections "Logging," "Hunting," and "Burning," it draws on Snyder's work in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, Indigenous narratives, Buddhist thought, and close observation of nonhuman...
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Influential early Snyder collection praised for ecological vision, mythic synthesis, and spare energy, despite concerns about cultural appropriation.
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Gary Snyder is an American poet, essayist, and environmental activist associated with the Beat Generation, whose work draws deeply from Zen Buddhist practice and East Asian literary traditions. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1975 for 'Turtle Island,' a collection articulating ecological per...
