Oral history interview : Gary S. Snyder, Reed College, class of 1951 / interviewed by John P. Sheehy, 1982, on July 22, 1998.

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Oral history interview : Gary S. Snyder, Reed College, class of 1951 / interviewed by John P. Sheehy, 1982, on July 22, 1998.

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Discussion of Snyder's early life in the Northwest on a small farm during the Depression years and his exposure to political activism and nature; his admission to Reed based largely upon his poetry; the political climate at Reed during the war years; life off-campus in Lambert House; other poets at Reed such as Lew Welch and Philip Whalen; interactions with faculty members Lloyd Reynolds, David French, Richard Jones, William Alderson, and Stanley Moore; his thesis on Native American myth; skiing and climbing with the Mazamas; the process of "de-education" and the eventual turning to Zen Buddhism after leaving Reed.

Transcript: [29] leaves.

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Poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, and teacher, Gary Snyder is considered one of the most significant environmental writers of the twentieth century and a central figure in environmental activism. From the description of Papers, 1910-2003 1945-2002. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 30107060 Gary Snyder (1930- ), poet, essayist, translator, Zen Buddhist, environmentalist, lecturer, and teacher, is considered one of the most signi...

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