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Back on the Fire

Paperback • 2008 • English

Back on the Fire

By Gary Snyder

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About the book

This collection of essays by Gary Snyder, now in paperback, blazes with insight. In his most autobiographical writing to date, Snyder employs fire as a metaphor for the crucial moment when deeply held viewpoints yield to new experiences, and our spirits and minds broaden and mature. Snyder here writes and riffs on a wide range of topics, from our sense of place and a need to review forestry practices, to the writing life and Eastern thought. Surveying the current wisdom that fires are in some ca...Show more

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ISBN

9781593761639

Publisher

Counterpoint

Published year

2008

Language

English

Original title

Back on the Fire

Format

Paperback

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