Twigs & Knucklebones

Sam Hamill; Kenneth Rexroth; Bradford Morrow

ISBN: 9781556591648
Publisher: Copper Canyon Pr
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Softcover

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2002

Almost Paradise

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9781590301845
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Softcover

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Tao Te Ching: A New Translation

Sam Hamill; Lao Tzu; Laozi

ISBN: 9781590300114
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Hardcover

The most widely read of the Asian classics, this fresh and poetic translation offers a series of insightful spiritual and philosophical observations on life and human nature.

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Brass Knuckles

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9780887484155
Publisher: Carnegie Mellon Univ Pr
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Softcover

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Dumb Luck: Poems

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9781929918256
Publisher: Boa Editions
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Softcover

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Heart of Bamboo: Poetry and Music in the Zen Tradition

Sam Hamill; Elizabeth Falconer; Christipher Yohmei Blasdel

ISBN: 9781556599996
Publisher: Copper Canyon Pr
Publication Date: 2001

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Crossing the Yellow River: 300 Poems from the Chinese

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9781880238981
Publisher: Boa Editions
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Softcover

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The Art of Writing: Lu Chi's Wen Fu

Sam Hamill; Ji Lu; Lu Chi

ISBN: 9781571314123
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Softcover

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Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings

Sam Hamill; Basho Matsuo

ISBN: 9781570627163
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Softcover

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Essential Basho

Sam Hamill; Basho Matsuo; Shambhala

ISBN: 9781570622823
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 1999
Binding: Hardcover

Basho (1644-1694) -- the most revered poet of Japanese literature -- is best known in the West as the author of "Narrow Road to the Interior", a travel diary of his journey through northern Japan. Included here is a masterful translation of this poignant work, as well as three newly translated travel diaries and a selection of over two hundred and fifty of Basho's best haiku. The translator has also provided an introduction detailing Basho's life and work and an essay on the art of haiku. Basho elevated the haiku to an art form of utter simplicity and intense spiritual beauty. His travel diaries of linked prose and haiku created a new genre of writing that inspired generations of Japanese poets. He is well-loved in the West as well: his Narrow Road to the Far North, by Nobuyuki Yuasa (Penguin, 1966), has gone through 21 printings. This new and broader sample of his writings is the perfect introduction to his work.

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World As Dictionary

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9780887482854
Publisher: Carnegie Mellon Univ Pr
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Softcover

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Gratitude: Poems

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9781880238653
Publisher: Boa Editions
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Softcover

The poems in GRATITUDE are ones of humility as well as thankfulness. Raised in the West and influenced by the great Chinese and Japanese masters, Sam Hamill's poems draw from both traditions returning us "to that world beyond/words, which are only/a reflection of desire".

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Other editions: 1998

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LA Sabiduria De Chuang Tse

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9788495456274
Publisher: Oniro
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Softcover

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The Essential Chuang Tzu

Sam Hamill; Chuang-Tzu; Jerome P Seaton

ISBN: 9781570623363
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover

The ancient Chinese text known as CHUANG TZU has been translated into English many times, but never with the freshness, accessibility, and accuracy of this remarkable rendering--the result of a unique collaboration between one of America's premier poet-translators and a leading Chinese scholar. At turns playful and acerbic, the book presents a philosophy of life that is politically radical and deeply spiritual.

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Destination Zero: Poems 1970-1995

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9781877727535
Publisher: White Pine Pr
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Softcover

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Other editions: Hardcover - 1995

The Spring of My Life: And Selected Haiku

Sam Hamill; Issa Kobayashi

ISBN: 9781570621444
Publisher: Shambhala Pubns
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Softcover

Issa (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered on of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and for his subtle sense of humor. "Oraga Haru", translated here as "Spring of My life", is Issa's much-loved autobiographical work. Ostensibly a record of the day-to-day events of his life during the year 1819, it is in fact a deeply felt meditation on Issa's entire life, weaving together the simple everyday moments with larger events of other years and imaginary material to create a kind of emblem of the great poet's mind....In addition to "Spring of My Life", the book includes more than 160 of Issa's other haiku, each accompanied by romanized Japanese, so that the reader can appreciate the sound and rhythm of the poems in their original language.

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Mandala

Sam Hamill; Galen Garwood

ISBN: 9780915943524
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Softcover

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A Poets Work: The Other Side of Poetry

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9780913089033
Publisher: Broken Moon Pr
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Softcover

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Dragon in the Clouds: Poems and Translations

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9780913089118
Publisher: Broken Moon Pr
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Softcover

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Passport

Sam Hamill; Galen Garwood

ISBN: 9780913089026
Publisher: Broken Moon Pr
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Hardcover

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Basho's Ghost

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9780913089071
Publisher: Broken Moon Pr
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Softcover

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Selected Poems, 1938-1988

Sam Hamill; Thomas McGrath

ISBN: 9781556590115
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Publication Date: 1988

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Nootka Rose: Poems

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9780932576446
Publisher: Far Corner Books
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Softcover

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The Nootka Rose

Sam Hamill

ISBN: 9780932576439
Publisher: Far Corner Books
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Hardcover

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The Lotus Lovers: Poems & Songs

Sam Hamill; Yeh Tzu; Qingzhao Li

ISBN: 9780918273093
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Publication Date: 1985

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