I would say Gary Snyder, who is from my part of the world as a poet and environmental thinker, will be read… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I really like Pat Parker. I really like Audre Lorde. I read a lot of the Beats when I was younger, so… — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
“The wild. I have drunk it, deep and raw, and heard it's primal, unforgettable roar. We know it in our dreams, when… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
Gary Snyder's The Practice of the Wild is an exquisite, far-sighted articulation of what freedom, wildness, goodness, and grace mean, using the… — Gretel Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Have big dreams but focus only on what you can control: your own thoughts, words and actions. This was Gandhi's way ...… — Eboo Patel Copy Share Image
“For Kerouac, the embodiment of American Zen was Gary Snyder, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Buddhist poet and essayist, who he fictionalized as Japhy… — Joel Dinerstein Copy Share Image
“Smith, I distrust any kind of Buddhism or any kinda philosophy or social system that puts down sex said Japhy (Gary Snyder)” — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth's four volume Haiku became especially popular at this time [1950's] because his translations were based on the… — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
I don't think it is as a trope or as something in our psyches. There's very little wilderness out there but there… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
