The Selected Letters of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder

by Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder

Book Overview

One of the central relationships in the Beat scene was the long-lasting friendship of Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder. Ginsberg introduced Snyder to the East Coast Beat writers, including Jack Kerouac, while Snyder himself became the model for the serious poet that Ginsberg so wanted to become. Snyder encouraged Ginsberg to explore the beauty of the West Coast and, even more lastingly, introduced Ginsberg to Buddhism, the subject of so many long letter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582435332
• ISBN13: 9781582435336
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Catapult
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.6"