{"product_id":"nobody-home-writing-buddhism-and-living-in-places-paperback","title":"Nobody Home: Writing, Buddhism, and Living in Places - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thoughtful, affectionate collection of interviews and letters spanning three decades, beloved poet Gary Snyder talks with South African writer and scholar Julia Martin. Over this period many things changed decisively--globally, locally, and in their personal lives--and these changing conditions provide the back story for a long conversation. It begins in the early 1980s as an intellectual exchange between an earnest graduate student and a generous distinguished writer, and becomes a long-distance friendship and an exploration of spiritual practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the project's heart is Snyder's understanding of Buddhism. Again and again, the conversations return to an explication of the teachings. Snyder's characteristic approach is to articulate a direct experience of Buddhist practice rather than any kind of abstract philosophy. In the version he describes here, this practice finds expression not primarily as an Asian import or a monastic ideal, but in the specificities of a householder's life as lived creatively in a particular location at a particular moment in history. This means that whatever \"topic\" a dialogue explores, there is a sense that all of it is about practice--the spiritual-social practice of a contemporary poet.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, essayist, and environmental activist. He is the author of eighteen books, among them \u003ci\u003eDanger on Peaks\u003ci\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMountains and Rivers Without End\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNo Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the 1993 National Book Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Practice of the Wild\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLeft Out in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eNew Poems 1947-1985\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAxe Handles\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of an American Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eTurtle Island\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has been the subject of innumerable essays, five critical books, and countless international interviews. His work and thinking have been featured in video specials on BBC-TV and PBS, including Bill Moyers's \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Life\u003c\/i\u003e PBS series, and in every major national print outlet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSnyder's honors include the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, an American Academy of Arts and Letters award, the Bollingen Prize, the John Hay Award for Nature Writing, a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Prize from Poetry, the Los Angeles Times Robert Kirsch Lifetime Achievement Award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and the Shelley Memorial Award. He was elected a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2003. He is a professor emeritus of English at the University of California, Davis.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 6.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985753407789,"sku":"9781595342515","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ZUkrOUVVNitPRnJITnlRREFhV2p5UT09.webp?v=1776138849","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/nobody-home-writing-buddhism-and-living-in-places-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}