The Real Work: Interviews & Talks 1964-1979
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
At the crossroads of poetry, ecology, and Eastern philosophy stands Gary Snyder — and The Real Work: Interviews & Talks 1964–1979 captures the full breadth of his restless, searching mind across fifteen formative years. Compiled and edited by Wm. Scott McLean, this volume gathers a remarkable series of conversations in which Snyder speaks candidly about his craft, his Buddhism, his deep reverence for the natural world, and his vision of a sustainable human culture rooted in place and practice. Each interview unfolds like a dialogue between civilisations — the industrial West and the ancient traditions of Zen, indigenous land stewardship, and Beat-era countercultural thought. Snyder's voice here is characteristically direct and luminous, grounded in the physicality of labour and landscape yet alive to the subtlest currents of philosophical inquiry. The Real Work stands as an essential companion to his poetry collections, illuminating the intellectual and spiritual architecture beneath works such as Turtle Island and Regarding Wave. For readers who have long admired Snyder's verse, these talks reveal the man behind the mountains — and leave one wondering just how far his vision of the real work truly extends.
Author: Gary Snyder
Format: Paperback
Published: 1980, New Directions
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
At the crossroads of poetry, ecology, and Eastern philosophy stands Gary Snyder — and The Real Work: Interviews & Talks 1964–1979 captures the full breadth of his restless, searching mind across fifteen formative years. Compiled and edited by Wm. Scott McLean, this volume gathers a remarkable series of conversations in which Snyder speaks candidly about his craft, his Buddhism, his deep reverence for the natural world, and his vision of a sustainable human culture rooted in place and practice. Each interview unfolds like a dialogue between civilisations — the industrial West and the ancient traditions of Zen, indigenous land stewardship, and Beat-era countercultural thought. Snyder's voice here is characteristically direct and luminous, grounded in the physicality of labour and landscape yet alive to the subtlest currents of philosophical inquiry. The Real Work stands as an essential companion to his poetry collections, illuminating the intellectual and spiritual architecture beneath works such as Turtle Island and Regarding Wave. For readers who have long admired Snyder's verse, these talks reveal the man behind the mountains — and leave one wondering just how far his vision of the real work truly extends.