New poetry from Gary Snyder — I happened across a blog entry, Greg Perry's poetry blog, about Gary Snyder's book of new poetry, Danger on the Peaks. Ever since I read his early poetry in the 70's after being turned on by an acquaintance, I have browsed the shelves for new works. There have been none since Axe Handles was published in 1983. Several works were published but they contained compilations of older poems. I found the blog entry after reading that Ursula Le Guin has a Web site. I Googled “Gary Snyder blog” and found the above.

I've been thinking about Snyder recently as I'm reading a book of wood block prints and text about the High Sierra of California that contains selections from Snyder's poetry and journals. He spent many days backpacking in the Sierra in his youth, and throughout his life. The prints are lovely, reminiscent of the work of Hiroshige, the famous Japanese artist.
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