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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9781582435411
Edition: Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 1582435413
Label: Counterpoint
Manufacturer: Counterpoint
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: September 15, 2009
Publisher: Counterpoint
Studio: Counterpoint
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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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Gary Snyder is, has been and, in all probability will continue to be, one of the great American poets, not just of the 20th century, but of any century. This reprise of his first published book of poems is marvellous. Not only is it great to revisit this work after many years, but a CD of Gary reading the material is an excellent addition to the printed work. It gives a sense of what he expects of timing and emphasis when reading his work. This is particualrly valuable when reading his idiomatic ... Read More
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Each man sweeps the things he hates
Into the neighboring room;
The coward does it with a sword,
The brave man with a broom.
--me
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These are poems of rock and stone, of bone and marrow. Snyder has great eye-mind coordination. Rip-Rap will not be lost in the clutter of time. Read and be changed.
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The great thing about Cold Mountain is that he is transparent to translators. Arguing the merits of one Cold Mountain translation against another is like comparing a Gudo Ishibashi 2.8 shakuhachi to a 2.9 Mujitsu shakuhachi by Ken LaCosse. Both flutes will get you "there." But the journey will be different.
The same is true of Cold Mountain. Snyder is as good as Watson is a good as Red Pine is as good as Henricks.
Or like Dogen translations...
why sink a straw that floats on the water, ... Read More
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Amidst the poetry of the Sixties, Gary Snyder's early poems stood out as something very special, and are still very special. In contrast to the obscure and convoluted writings of an assortment of neurasthenic, super-sophisticated, and compulsive scribblers, types so totally and utterly wrapped up in themselves that they completely overlooked that insignificant thing hovering outside their window (ordinary folks call it the universe), and whose work goes unread because it is largely unreadable, Snyder's ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9781582435411
Edition: Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 1582435413
Label: Counterpoint
Manufacturer: Counterpoint
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: September 15, 2009
Publisher: Counterpoint
Studio: Counterpoint