http://reckonblog.disqus.com/This is the Reckon weblogenWed, 07 May 2008 15:00:37 -0000http://reckon.ws/wp/gary-snyder-awarded-2008-ruth-lilly-poetry-prize.htm#comment-4139541<p>While many describe him as a nature poet, Snyder questions that label.</p><p>"I'm not sure I'm really what can be called a nature poet. That seems like a European idea. I'm waiting for someone to come up with a term," Snyder said.</p><p>Besides nature, themes of love and the physical body re-occur in much of Snyder's work, along with the places he's been and the experiences he's had there.</p><p>Born in San Francisco and raised in the Pacific Northwest, his early experiences in the wild among rugged, working-class people were influential to his later writing.</p><p>He grew up on a dairy farm surrounded by second-growth forests; his uncles were loggers and fishermen. Snyder's fascination with language began when his mother read him poetry of Edgar Allen Poe as a boy.</p><p>via <a href="http://theunion.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="theunion.com">theunion.com</a></p><p>direct link to article: <br><a href="http://snurl.com/27r1r" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://snurl.com/27r1r">http://snurl.com/27r1r</a></p>reckonWed, 07 May 2008 15:00:37 -0000