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Strange Big Moon: The Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964

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Hungry to explore Zen and make the discoveries that would shape a lifetime of poetry, Joanne Kyger left for Japan in her twenties and returned four years later ready to carve out a substantial niche in San Francisco's Beat poetry movement. Whether she is studying under Zen teacher Ruth Fuller Sakaki or meeting with the Dalai Lama , her journals are witty, amusing, and intelligent, in this fascinating look at the art of poetry and portrait of the counterculture abroad.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Release: September 15, 2000

ISBN: 1556433379

ISBN 13: 9781556433375

Strange Big Moon: The Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Hungry to explore Zen and make the discoveries that would shape a lifetime of poetry, Joanne Kyger left for Japan in her twenties and returned four years later ready to carve out a substantial niche in San Francisco's Beat poetry movement. Whether she is studying under Zen teacher Ruth Fuller Sakaki or meeting with the Dalai Lama , her journals are witty, amusing, and intelligent, in this fascinating look at the art of poetry and portrait of the counterculture abroad.

Language: English

Pages: 280

Format: Paperback

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Release: September 15, 2000

ISBN: 1556433379

ISBN 13: 9781556433375

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