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The Real Work is the second volume of Gary Snyder's prose to be published by New Directions. Where his earlier 'Earth House Hold' (1969) heralded the tribalism of the 'coming revolution, ' the interviews in 'The Real Work' focus on the living out of that process in a particular place and time--the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California in the 1970s.
About the Author
Scott McLean is from Escondido, California, and holds a Ph.D. in German Literature from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Born in 1930 in San Francisco, Gary Snyder grew up in the rural Pacific Northwest. He graduated from Reed College in 1951 with degrees in anthropology and literature, and later, 1953–56, studied Japanese and Chinese civilization at Berkeley, returning there to teach in the English Department. Throughout these years, Gary Snyder worked at various outdoor jobs―as a seaman, as a lookout in Mt. Baker National Forest, as a choker setter for a logging company, on a trail crew at Yosemite National Park. These experiences are integrally reflected in such works as Riprap and Myths and Texts. As he has remarked, "I’ve come to realize that the rhythms of my poems follow the rhythm of the physical work I’m doing and the life I’m leading at any given time―which makes the music in my head which creates the line." After participating in the San Francisco revival, the beginning of the beat poetry movement, with Ginsberg, Whalen, Rexroth and McClure, Snyder quietly went off to Japan in 1955 where he stayed for eighteen months, living in a Zen monastery. In 1958, he joined the tanker "Sappa Creek" and traveled around the world. In early 1959 he again returned to Japan where, apart from six months in India, he studied Kyoto under Oda Sesso Roshi, the Zen master and Head Abbot of Daitoku-Ji. He has spent further time (1966–67) in Japan on a Bollingen research grant. In 1969 he received a Guggenheim grant and toured the Southwestern United States visiting various Indian tribes.
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Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED. 189pp. Octavo [21 cm] Sea green cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers and spine are gently bumped and faded. There is a black remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Subtly yellowed. The edges are lightly chipped and rubbed, and have a couple of short closed tears. Price-clipped. The interviews in this book focus on living out the revolution in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California in the 1970s. Signed by Gary Snyder on the title page. Seller Inventory # 27036
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. Signed on the title page by Snyder. An association copy, belonging to philosopher Alphonso (Al) Lingis, with his artful Stage College, PA, stamp on the front free endpaper. Lingis was a phenomenologist and a prolific author. This is Snyder's second book of prose, collected talks and interviews--philosophy, too. Near fine in blue cloth with a few spots to the top face of the text block. In a very good or better jacket with a little curl to its top front edge (which won't show under mylar), a touch of creasing to spine ends, and a small price sticker on the lower right of the rear panel. Seller Inventory # 1886